1.   Although Khatami was to address the rally later Saturday, he stayed away from an earlier demonstration in which students urged stronger efforts toward liberty.

2.   Agriculture Department officials are now urging outreach efforts, and this year for the first time they are offering modest rewards to states that increase participation.

3.   He also urged greater efforts by the federal government to protect its employees in Western states.

4.   Reno also urged efforts to eliminate the disparity between blacks and whites in sentencing.

5.   She urged continued efforts to preserve affirmative action programs.

6.   They urged renewed efforts at prevention to overcome the complacency.

7.   Water use restrictions across the Edwards Aquifer region were relaxed but officials urged continued efforts to conserve.

8.   Zayed also said he opposed a U.S. strike against Iraq and urged efforts to quell the fighting between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

9.   Pope John Paul II on Wednesday called on all sides in the Guinea-Bissau violence to put down their arms and urged continued efforts to work out a peaceful end.

10.   Pope John Paul II, concerned about disarmament progress, on Saturday urged stepped-up efforts to ban nuclear weapons and the possible use of arbitration to settle disputes.