21.   Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri traveled to Damascus to meet with Syrian President Hafez Assad to discuss an international appeal to pressure Israel to halt its attacks.

22.   More difficult because it is widely accepted that an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement would not halt terrorist attacks on the United States.

23.   Modi has been accused of negligence for failing to halt retaliatory attacks on Muslims by Hindu mobs after Muslims attacked a trainload of Hindu activists.

24.   NATO has insisted it will not halt its attacks until Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo and are replaced by a peacekeeping force that includes troops from the alliance.

25.   Neither of the militant groups has agreed to halt attacks against Israelis.

26.   On Thursday, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri became the latest in a string of leaders of Islamic nations to urge the United States to halt the attacks during Ramadan.

27.   Ralph Reed, the Republican strategist, said he had urged four Republican contenders last week to halt their attacks on Bush.

28.   Russia also demanded that the United Nations Security Council vote to halt the attacks.

29.   Several Arab countries have asked the U.S. to consider halting its attacks on Afghanistan during the religious holiday.

30.   Sharon has said the Palestinians have failed to halt deadly attacks on Israelis.