1.   A dormant Australian coal mine could be developed if Southern can persuade the government to build a new rail line to reduce transportation costs.

2.   Similar statements helped persuade governments of the Baltic States to treat their Russian minorities more justly.

3.   To persuade the government to fortify bread with folic acid, a vitamin that prevents crippling and de adly birth defects.

4.   After a boycott of Parliament by all opposition lawmakers since March failed to persuade the government, the opposition resorted to strikes and street demonstrations.

5.   MirCorp executives are now in Moscow trying to persuade the government not to abandon the station.

6.   She also has persuaded local governments to create crisis teams to help jobless in distress.

7.   The message of this writing is to persuade the government not to forget the sacrifices people will have to bear in accepting the IMF cure.

8.   They are trying to persuade the government of Saddam Hussein not to interfere with the inspections.

9.   A congressman from New Mexico who has persuaded governments despised by Washington to release detained Americans was being tipped Wednesday as the next US ambassador to the United Nations.