11.   Republican leaders have seized campaign financing as ripe for full-scale congressional inquiry.

12.   So its leaders are seizing on Putrajaya as a cudgel to beat back the resurgent prime minister.

13.   English church leaders seized every copy they could find and burned them.

14.   Israeli opposition leaders quickly seized on the attack as political ammunition a month before general elections.

15.   Mujahedeen leaders seize Kabul and then turn their guns on each other.

16.   New leader seizes millions, purges military officers.

17.   Opposition leader Ariel Sharon seized on the security prisoners issue within hours.

18.   Arab leaders seized the opportunity offered by their first summit in six years to meet one-time foes and patch up some of their longstanding disputes.

19.   Opposition leaders swiftly seized on the report.

20.   The international community is keen that the two leaders seize the opportunity to avert a military conflict which could escalate into a devastating nuclear exchange.