Parties with national appeal are losing ground to smaller ones based on religion, caste and region.

There are over 1,000 commercial businesses in the city in all, with more than 1,500 additional ones based out of residents' homes.

Many contemporary governments prefer to assume the people they rule all belong to the same nationality rather than separate ones based on ethnicity.

Most of the objections are ethical ones, based on the strong belief that it is best for a child to have active, able parents.

Newer drugs, including ones based on prostaglandins, are generally more effective at lowering pressure, and they tend to bring on fewer side effects.

Federal officials said the outpatient rates for 2003 were the first ones based on actual data from claims submitted by hospitals under the new payment system.

These tests observe how well a person can distinguish similar sounds from dissimilar ones based on a comparison to previously heard sounds.

The remaining high-fantasy elements were replaced by more realistic ones based in iron age fenno-ugrian mythology and culture.

There are, however, small ones based on an old form of cymbal which are called "crotales".