31.  African nations, which are the most devastated by AIDS, are demonstrating a welcome new seriousness in their approach to the disease.

32.  Both men called for a peace conference of central and east African nations.

33.  But African nations strongly supported the bill, and sent representatives to lobby for the measure.

34.  But in most African nations, it is a long way from recovery.

35.  But many African nations are unable to afford even these rock-bottom prices, and some lack the infrastructure to deliver the life-saving pills.

36.  But talks held in various African nations have led nowhere, despite the frequent announcements of breakthroughs, because the war has drawn in so many nations and factions.

37.  But the first line of defense has to be the African nations themselves.

38.  But the night he arrived, the president of the tiny African nation was assassinated in Kigali.

39.  But the president was apparently moved that day by a speech by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni about the long struggles of African nations.

40.  But the imposition of sanctions was greeted with ambivalence by some European and African nations.