11.   The announcement follows a flurry of official visits by Putin, including a high-profile meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

12.   The announcement follows a flurry of speculation last week when Warburg said it was considering a partial link-up with SBC.

13.   The announcement follows a flurry of speculation last week after Warburg said it was considering a partial link-up with SBC.

14.   The announcement follows a flurry of speculation last week after Warburg said it was considering a partial link-up with Swiss Bank.

15.   The decision to hold the Cairo summit followed a flurry of diplomacy among Arab leaders in the days after the Israeli election.

16.   The news followed a flurry of layoffs, pay cuts and salary freezes as Hong Kong sinks deeper into recession.

17.   The news follows a flurry of layoffs and salary freezes among local companies.

18.   The moves followed a flurry of diplomatic bargaining between Bosnian Serb leaders and Slobodan Milosevic, the president of Serbia and their former patron.

19.   The reported latest escalation in the fighting followed a flurry of claims and rebuttals between the two warring countries over casualties suffered by both sides.

20.   Those deaths followed a flurry of news coverage in local newspapers predicting the possible return of Shah.