81.   Brokers said share prices were also boosted by light futures-led buying in late trading, reversing earlier declines.

82.   Diplomats said Armenia, which suffered one of the severest economic declines of the former Soviet republics, has also been one of the first to reverse its decline.

83.   To reverse the decline in national savings, he added, the government could legislate to boost personal pension contributions while also eliminating its own budget deficits.

84.   Japanese share prices closed marginally higher on Monday after futures-linked buying reversed earlier declines, brokers said.

85.   Reversing the decline in growth and lifting people out of poverty would require a determined pursuit of reforms, Dam said.

86.   Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra predicted Friday that Southeast Asian nations could reverse a decline in foreign investment through closer links with China.

87.   The November outcome reversed the decline recorded in August, which came after five consecutives quarters of improving confidence.