31.  The president added that the tension in Afghanistan can only be solved by political means, the spokesman said.

32.  The solution can be only through political means and not by thousands of tons of bombs.

33.  The ruling party says that times have changed, and that the spy agency will not be used for political means.

34.  French officials had said Chirac would tell Zeroual in clear terms that the Algerian crisis must be solved by political means rather than a military clampdown.

35.  Gysi says that having failed to destroy it by political means the government is now attacking the party through the tax system.

36.  In Moscow, the Russian government issued a statement saying it was willing to seek a solution to the Chechen conflict through what it called political means.

37.  Independence means having the political means to participate in the development of our country.

38.  It has prepared a plan for restoring constitutional order in Chechnya, settling the separatist conflict by political means, and preparing free and democratic elections there.

39.  All previous attempts to end the conflict through political means failed due to opposition from political parties representing the majority Sinhalese community.

40.  Armenians and Azerbaijanis signed their umpteenth ceasefire last May and have observed it since, but remain far apart over what political means to employ for a full settlement.