11.   Inflation surged in the first quarter of the year, President Vladimir Putin said Monday in a statement underlining growing concerns about whether Russia can achieve full-fledged economic recovery.

12.   That concern was underlined Sunday by press reports that the United States also is considering going back to the testing range to conduct small nuclear blasts.

13.   The fighting underlined concerns about how the ethnic Albanian rebels will respond to the deal.

14.   In a message underlining concerns about the incident, Turkish head of state Suleiman Demirel called on the German authorities to investigate the incident thoroughly.

15.   In a report due to appear Wednesday, the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense underlined its concerns relating specifically to eight potentially deadly viruses.

16.   Federation of Community Legal Centres spokeswoman Liz Curran said the report underlined concerns held by the federation for some time.

17.   The murder of the minister less than two months after the interim administration took office has severely embarrassed officials here and underlined concerns about their ability to govern.