1.   Beijing regards Taiwan as a rebel province and seeks to keep its government isolated.

2.   China considers Taiwan a breakaway province, and seeks to isolate its government internationally.

3.   China views Taiwan as a renegade province and has sought to keep its Nationalist government diplomatically isolated.

4.   China views Taiwan as a renegade province and has sought to keep its government diplomatically isolated.

5.   European Union foreign ministers, reiterating their concern for continued political violence in Zimbabwe, took further steps to isolate the government of President Robert Mugabe Monday.

6.   In the case of Cambodia and Laos, which until recently had isolated Communist governments, there is also a lack of bureaucrats capable of dealing with international affairs.

7.   Such an approach will only isolate those governments from the real benefits the entire Middle East would receive from a genuine peace settlement.

8.   The government is increasingly isolated by its neighbors, who accuse it of supporting extremist opponents of their governments.

9.   Those conflicts were marked by horrific acts of violence against civilians, which prompted Western governments to impose sanctions and isolate the government in Belgrade.

10.   They are trying to sever army supply lines and isolate the government from its forces and possibly force them to flee a second time, UN military sources said.