1.   Barak has rejected both demands, but Israeli press reports that he was prepared to make sizable territorial concessions had contributed to his pre-summit political woes.

2.   For all her obvious political woes, Ms. Johnson may be harder to defeat than the Democrats realize, political analysts say.

3.   Hume said the domestic political woes of Prime Minister John Major and his ruling Conservatives prevented the government from moving more quickly to join peace talks.

4.   Russian stocks opened little changed amid concern over instability in world markets and the political woes of First Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais, traders said.

5.   Clinton also encouraged Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to not be distracted by his political woes at home.

6.   Embattled President Alberto Fujimori called for measures to combat poverty, but ignored recent political woes in his annual Independence Day address to Congress on Monday.

7.   The downfall was blamed on everything ranging from sharp losses in Tokyo and other key Asian markets to the political woes of U.S. president Bill Clinton.

8.   The prime minister, who enjoyed a respite from his political woes, finds himself back under siege.

9.   Voter apathy prompts France to focus on political woes.

10.   With a chuckle, the president made a passing reference to his own political woes.