11.   Al Hayat, a leading Arabic newspaper, said last week that Taha had left Afghanistan several months ago in still-mysterious circumstances.

12.   But the leading Dutch newspaper, NRC Handelsblad, on Tuesday poked fun at the Ministry of Justice, suggesting that Bangs was a victim of bureaucratic stupidity.

13.   By the fourth quarter it is expected to be available at www.newsstand.com as well, along with other leading newspapers from the United States and abroad.

14.   During a visit to Turkey in May I met with a columnist for a leading Ankara newspaper and asked him in passing how circulation was.

15.   Full-page advertisements in leading newspapers sought to muster anti-tax arguments and sentiment against federal bureaucracies that resonate particularly with the Republican base.

16.   Half-page advertisements in leading newspapers were taken out to proclaim the safety of the meat.

17.   He thinks that some of the leading newspapers and TV networks did a better job of explaining the religious dimensions of the takeover of Iran by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

18.   His father, Ippei, was a well-known cartoonist for Asahi Shimbun, a leading national newspaper.

19.   In Al-Ahram, the leading Egyptian daily newspaper, Netanyahu appears in a Nazi uniform, beating a wardrum emblazoned with Jewish stars.

20.   In an editorial on Tuesday, Al Quds, the leading independent Palestinian newspaper in the West Bank, strongly urged the Jordanian government to rescind the new rules.