11.  The weak state of the economy means short-term interest rates will stay at historic lows, traders say.

12.  Today, the power of immensely wealthy criminals to overwhelm weak states is one of the real challenges faced by the Bush administration.

13.  But the weak state of the Japanese financial sector caused banks to tighten lending, making it difficult to raise funds, Toshoku said.

14.  Egypt has also accused Iran of trying to dominate weak Arab states in the Gulf.

15.  He began his career as a writer with a book on the strategies that weak states use to survive in international politics.

16.  The continued tumble reflected the weak state of the Thai economy.

17.  Two other reports released Friday provided fresh evidence of the weak state of the economy at the start of the second quarter.

18.  Health department officials said that in many fatal cases, patients were already in a very weak state by the time they got to hospital.

19.  The US dollar ended the day lower on European currency markets, with dealers fearful of the weak state of the US economy.

20.  Unemployment figures for May showed a one percent rise in the jobless rate, confirming the weak state of the economy in the second quarter.