21.   He will join leaders from France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia for this important meeting.

22.   Immediately following the economic portion of the conference, the seven leaders will be joined by Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

23.   In recognition of the growing political clout of Christian conservatives, more than a dozen lawmakers joined coalition leaders in promoting the legislative program at a Capitol news conference.

24.   In response, President Clinton joined Republican leaders of Congress in urging Jackson to uphold the law.

25.   NAACP Chairman Julian Bond joined union leaders Monday to urge the Bush administration to include people of all races and nationalities in any plan to legalize undocumented immigrants.

26.   No one was surprised that ethicists joined religious leaders in calling for a ban on cloning humans.

27.   Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, are scheduled to join other leaders in Nepal Friday.

28.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin, despite a crisis at home, arrived here this afternoon to join leaders of the seven major industrialized powers for political talks.

29.   Samaranch was at this Swiss ski resort to join global leaders at the annual week-long meeting of the World Economic Forum, which ends Tuesday.

30.   She joined Democratic leader Richard Gephardt today in calling for congressional approval first.