11.   Rogelio Rudulfo-Villarreal, director of immigration in Matamoros, said he expects a slight decrease in the number of Mexicans returning home compared with last year.

12.   San Francisco General Hospital has noticed a slight decrease in the number of vehicular accident patients.

13.   Thais and Malaysians were the only communities to see slight decreases.

14.   The District of Columbia had only a slight decrease.

15.   The Wilshire police area, where Mack lives, was actually one of only three areas that reported a slight decrease in violent crime.

16.   Although crime is rampant in Russia, police have reported a slight decrease in recent months.

17.   Amnuay said this shows the economy is becoming more stable, and pointed to slight decreases in the current account and trade deficits as other signs of recovery.

18.   But pilots say there recently has been a slight decrease in Iraqi attempts to shoot down planes, a development they say is mostly due to the poor weather.

19.   Continued delays in spring wheat planting in the northern Plains and a slight decrease in winter wheat crop conditions weighed on the market.

20.   Dealers attributed the slight decrease in the SET Index to investors selling in reaction to the further decline in the baht.