51.   Hier said the king was concerned about a deepening crisis in the Middle East, including the Gulf showdown and the deadlock in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

52.   Hyundai said it has no other option but to cut manpower amid a deepening economic crisis in South Korea.

53.   In another major challenge, Paniagua will have to deal with a deepening economic crisis.

54.   In line with the deepening environmental crisis, Awang said yesterday that the provincial government has vowed to take stringent legal action against forest burners.

55.   Indonesia has been mired in a deepening economic crisis since the rupiah began to slide in value last July.

56.   Instead, plans for a year-long commemoration are falling apart, undermined by a nationwide funk, a deepening economic crisis and worsening social divisions.

57.   Is it because, having seeing himself mired in a deepening crisis at home, Clinton is seeking to reassert his leadership abroad?

58.   Japan desperately needs to restart its economy if Asia is to come out of its deepening financial crisis.

59.   Market sentiment was also dampened by a deepening financial crisis next door in South Korea.

60.   Mr Kim apologised to the public for the deepening economic crisis.