1.  A separate effort to combat the sale of illicit diamonds is under way at an international conference in Botswana this week.

2.  A separate effort to revise the act is gaining momentum in the House, backed by Resources Committee Chairman Don Young, R-Alaska.

3.  In a separate effort, the dissident players have asked the National Labor Relations Board to hold a vote on the decertification of the National Basketball Players Association.

4.  In a separate effort in June, a group of religious leaders and retired generals and admirals issued a statement calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

5.  Monti, in a separate effort, is pushing for other changes that would give the commission more power to demand structural changes, like breaking up a company.

6.  Ms. Swisher recounts separate efforts by Paul Allen and Bill Gates, co-founders of Microsoft, to acquire the young company.

7.  Mullins volunteered to help boost the voter campaign by the NAACP National Voter Fund, a nonprofit effort separate from the NAACP.

8.  The doctor has mounted a separate effort in Los Angeles Superior Court to get back his license back.

9.  The GOP ticket this week announced a separate effort to raise money for its transition effort.

10.  The Hyde amendment prompted a separate effort to block the law by the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League and other groups.