11.   The arrests came as the bodies of the Germans were flown to Frankfurt.

12.   The arrests came before agents had time to negotiate over the more sophisticated weaponry.

13.   The arrest came almost four hours after thousands of police armed with warrants swooped down in simultaneous dawn raids nationwide against the Aum Shinri Kyo cult.

14.   The arrest came as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell scheduled a key Middle East policy speech for next week.

15.   The arrests came as the junta apparently was able to tame dissent by university students, who peacefully sat for examinations Monday after protests last week.

16.   The arrests came three days before U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives to try to rescue Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.

17.   The arrest came the night before the International Olympic Committee voted to give the games to Athens, Greece.

18.   The arrest came the night before the NDSU football team defeated the University of Nebraska at Omaha in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II playoffs.

19.   The arrests came the day before the doctors, who belong to the Ogoni Medical Foundation, were to begin seeing cholera patients at no cost.

20.   The arrest came as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell scheduled a key Middle East policy speech for next Monday.