21.   Treasury securities initially fell today, after the government reported a gain in jobs that some analysts said clouded prospects the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates anytime soon.

22.   U.S. bonds fell amid Treasury note sales and a jump in consumer confidence that clouded prospects the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates soon.

23.   Palestinian negotiators, charging that the youths are under arrest and suspend talks until they are freed, clouding prospects for an early resolution of the crisis.

24.   At the time, Georgia agreed to start talks about possible autonomy for Abkhazia, but prospects were later clouded after Abkhazia declared independence.

25.   But fresh fighting and rash of bombings Saturday clouded prospects for success in the talks, which open Monday.

26.   But the clash clouded prospects for a government meeting of the two Koreas, set for Monday in Beijing.

27.   Deep animosities between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon are clouding prospects for negotiations.

28.   It also was helped by optimism that the StarLink biotech corn controversy, which has clouded the prospects for sales to Japan, is fading.

29.   Longer-term prospects were clouded, however, since House and Senate negotiators will be faced with reconciling two widely divergent measures.

30.   She said shaky Asian economies and volatile regional currencies are still putting pressure on the local stock market and clouding its prospects.