91.  Investors quickly turned their attention to other Asian nations plagued with wildly overextended banks, corruption and collapsing financial institutions.

92.  Investors said an increase in production from Iraq, coupled with a slowdown in demand for oil among Asian nations, could hurt earnings from big U.S. producers.

93.  It also serves as a warning to other Asian nations.

94.  It also gives American carriers valuable new rights to fly beyond Thailand to other Asian nations.

95.  International aid officials tracking the situation say conditions inside the landlocked central Asian nation are already so bad that some uprooted people are subsisting on boiled grass and leaves.

96.  Investors said an increase in production from Iraq, coupled with a slowdown in demand for oil among Asian nations, could further hurt earnings from big U.S. producers.

97.  It retreated on concern that even as Asian nations try to mend their economies, more financial institutions are likely to suffer.

98.  It would press Austria, Spain, Australia and some Asian nations to pledge funds as well.

99.  It would also serve as a warning to other Asian nations.

100.  Japan has in recent times offered better deals to other Asian nations it exploited.