21.   Countering charges that he is exaggerating threats by international terrorists, President Fidel Ramos on Sunday referred to letters from U.S. President Clinton saying the danger is real.

22.   Diplomats privately have accused Taylor of exaggerating the threat of the rebels in a bid to win lifting of the U.N. arms embargo.

23.   Diplomats privately have accused Taylor of exaggerating the threat of the rebels in a bid to win the lifting of the U.N. arms embargo, which was renewed Monday.

24.   Diplomats privately have accused Taylor of exaggerating the threat of the rebels in a bid to win lifting of the U.N. arms embargo, which was renewed on Monday.

25.   Diplomats privately have accused Taylor of exaggerating the threat of the rebels in a bid to win lifting of a longstanding U.N. arms embargo.

26.   Foreign scholars say Beijing may be exaggerating the threat and that the militants are few and poorly organized.

27.   Human rights groups contend Ben Ali exaggerates the threat of Islamic extremists to keep a stranglehold on the presidential palace.

28.   India has also accused the foreign media of exaggerating the threat to Christians in India.

29.   Later Netanyahu went on a popular TV talk show and said the Iraq threat had been exaggerated.

30.   Liberia is accused of exaggerating the threat from the rebels in order to argue for an end to the arms embargo.