1.   Ironically, all this international isolation is turning out to be good for us, mobilizing our energy and our national spirit.

2.   The speed with which it was effected reinforced the widespread belief that the North Korean government was keen to end its international isolation.

3.   The EC demanded JNA withdrawal from Bosnia-Hercegovina and the reopening of Sarajevo airport, and threatened the international isolation of, and sanctions against, Yugoslavia.

4.   Almost as soon as South Africa emerged from international isolation, Mandela and his representatives let the world know that it means to jump into international business.

5.   But he has used his influence to bring calm and tolerance to a country shattered by three years of military rule and international isolation.

6.   But Iran, too, paid a heavy price in international isolation for maintaining the religious edict even after the death of Khomeini.

7.   Coaxing North Korea out of its long international isolation and limiting its development of advanced weapons are important U.S. goals.

8.   During the years of international isolation brought on by the policy of apartheid, South Africans developed a fanaticism for long-distance running.

9.   Draskovic, too, is looking for the regime to split under the pressure of international isolation and the need to keep Montenegro in a federal Yugoslavia.

10.   For all the international isolation, the Taliban continues to find pockets of support in Pakistan.