21.   After testifying for the defense for about an hour, and a brief break, the president faced more than three hours of cross-examination by the prosecution.

22.   American businessman Edmond Pope got a brief break from his Moscow espionage trial Thursday when the judge cut short hearings so that he could observe Thanksgiving.

23.   As the negotiators gathered outside the North Korean Embassy garden during a brief break in the morning session, both sides seemed friendly and relaxed.

24.   As the negotiators gathered outside the North Korean embassy garden during a brief break, both sides seemed friendly and relaxed.

25.   Australian leg spinner Shane Warne arrived home Thursday for a brief break from the Ashes cricket tour, unrepentant over a controversial one-finger salute to English fans.

26.   Brief breaks were used to try to get the men to surrender.

27.   Cypriot President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash on Tuesday resumed the fourth round of talks since January, after a brief break for Orthodox Christian Easter.

28.   Even last year, his health problems gave him only a brief break.

29.   Israeli leaders say they will press on with negotiations with the Palestinians after a brief break despite a deadly bus bombing.

30.   It is supported by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, who managed a brief break from the Middle East conflict in April to attend a museum conference in Warsaw.