91.   In the south and east of the country, the situation was chaotic as local leaders appeared to challenge the Taliban.

92.   Israeli leaders appeared Tuesday to be leaning toward allowing him back, in part because keeping him out could prompt more violence from backers of Hamas.

93.   It could be risky for the Bosnian Serb leader to appear in such a public forum.

94.   International leaders appear primed to make a push for Kosovo peace talks that will make a NATO offensive unnecessary, NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana said Sunday.

95.   Israeli leaders appear to be leaning toward allowing Yassin back into Gaza, in part because keeping him out could trigger violence by Hamas supporters.

96.   Lebanese leaders appear skeptical of an Israeli offer to withdraw troops from southern Lebanon in return for guarantees that Israel will not be attacked, news reports said Tuesday.

97.   Looking gaunt but smiling occasionally, the terrorist leader appeared in front of a brown cloth, dressed in military fatigues.

98.   Moscow has signed a union treaty with Belarus, and Russian leaders appear reluctant to enter into an open confrontation with Lukashenko.

99.   No other American church leader appears to have taken as strong a stand on the issue as Mulvee.

100.   Neither leader can appear in the eyes of hard-liners at home as giving away too much, particularly over Kashmir.