21.   Congress plans to take up the issue of U.N. debt repayment again next year.

22.   Critics say the rate promises are deceptive and cannot be sustained, because the authority is postponing debt repayments in the early years.

23.   Cutting taxes trailed debt repayment by a single, statistically insignificant percentage point, but was pronounced the loser.

24.   Debt repayments are only part of the problem facing Thailand central bankers.

25.   Credit insurance covers debt repayments when a borrower dies or is disabled.

26.   Earlier this month, the company said it planned to sell shares to current stockholders to raise cash for debt repayments and other unspecified company needs.

27.   Ecuadorean debt plunged as worse-than-expected January inflation caused concern the country was straying from the policies that ensure timely debt repayment.

28.   Enron will raise the money for debt repayment through two separate offerings.

29.   Falling interest rates will lower the costs of debt repayment and new investment for businesses and consumers, he added.

30.   French stocks also recouped early declines to close little changed as concern the U.S. may default on its debt repayments ebbed.