21.   President, prime minister deepen political crisis.

22.   Prime Minister Victor Ciorbea has refused to heed growing calls for his resignation, deepening the crisis.

23.   The announcement deepened the crisis surrounding Samper, who has been accused of winning office with Cali drug money.

24.   The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church reproached both the government and independence-minded ethnic Albanians on Saturday for deepening the crisis in restive Kosovo province.

25.   Violence erupts in poor districts amid deepening crisis AFGHAN-FIGHTING.

26.   They only deepen the crisis.

27.   North Korea announced its decision on Monday, deepening the crisis over its refusal to allow full inspection of suspect nuclear sites.

28.   The move deepens the crisis within the Samper government, which has been embroiled in charges related to the influence of drug traffickers in campaign financing.