11.   In addition, the U.S. government could lose credibility if its Mexican rescue package fails.

12.   In the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, Mexican rescue teams began searching for avalanche victims, and decomposed bodies were being buried in common graves.

13.   In the capital, Tegucigalpa, Mexican rescue teams began searching for avalanche victims.

14.   Meanwhile Thursday, Clinton thanked German Chancellor Helmut Kohl for his support for the Mexican rescue package after a meeting at the White House.

15.   President Clinton has acted quickly to get around congressional opposition with his Mexican rescue plan.

16.   Several European countries abstained from voting for a Mexican rescue package Wednesday at an executive board meeting of the IMF.

17.   Some European countries expressed displeasure at the Mexican rescue package.

18.   The stock market sank in early trading Monday morning, dragged down by concerns about the Mexican rescue package and rising U.S. interest rates.

19.   They also put aside their differences over the Mexican rescue package and scolded Russia for the handling of its own economy.

20.   A spokesman for the Mexican rescue organization the Green Cross said he believed that five people had been killed but added that the death toll could rise.