1.   At a news conference in White Plains, N.Y., the authorities assured residents and business owners that the indictment would not disrupt regular trash pickup service.

2.   Canal authorities assure critics that they are embarking on such studies now and would not destroy any environmentally sensitive habitat.

3.   In addition, the authorities must assure motorists that the electronic billing and record-keeping will not invade their privacy.

4.   On Friday, the local authorities assured the refugee relief agency that the border would be open on Saturday.

5.   Sherman said New Hampshire authorities have assured Usenza that she is not a target of the investigation.

6.   The administration says it needs the authority to assure other nations that agreements they make would be rewritten in Congress.

7.   Petrobangla authorities have assured the PDB officials of supplying gas as per their requirement to generate electricity.

8.   Annan said Iraqi authorities assured him they could increase exports.

9.   Authorities assure the voting will not be iampered by renewed violence marked by car bombs in the Algiers area and assassinations.

10.   Authorities assured Austrians on Friday that anthrax found in a mail bag at the U.S. Embassy in Vienna poses no threat to the general population.