41.   Barak has been asking Likud to join his coalition to unite Israelis at a time of deepening crisis.

42.   Balkan foreign ministers on Monday sought ways to pressure Yugoslavia into discussing the deepening crisis in Kosovo and break an impasse threatening to derail the regional meeting.

43.   But the government has agreed to suspend the wage rises due to the deepening economic crisis.

44.   Car sales are symbolic of the deepening crisis.

45.   Davis also met Wednesday in Washington with President Clinton, a day after conferring with Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers on the deepening crisis.

46.   Despite her popularity, she has so far remained silent about the deepening political crisis.

47.   For the second time in a month, South Korean President Kim Young Sam apologised to the public for the deepening economic crisis.

48.   Government officials said spending increases next year have to be kept to a minimum because of the deepening economic crisis gripping the country.

49.   His six-month stint in office has been marked by wild political stunts and a deepening economic crisis.

50.   However all in attendance agreed that reform was needed to lift the country out of its deepening economic crisis.