21.   A bank in Duesseldorf and one in the northern port city of Hamburg were searched for suspected illegal ties to Iran, a newspaper reported Friday.

22.   A Lutheran church in this northern port city was firebombed early Monday, the second such attack it has sustained in a year.

23.   A court in the northern port city of Bastia handed down four-month sentences Tuesday evening to Francois Marfisi, Claude Caffarel and Dr. Alain Simoni.

24.   A court in this northern port city convicted a circus manager on Monday to four months imprisonment for a misdemeanor count of animal abuse, court sources said.

25.   A journalist was injured in an explosion at the offices of a newspaper in this northern port city late Wednesday, police said.

26.   A scheduled early departure was scuttled by snow in the northern port city, but Kaefer said authorities still expect Frankel to leave later in the day.

27.   A minor earthquake shook this northern port city on Monday, but caused no damage, injuries or panic.

28.   A pharmacist was arrested in this northern port city of allegedly sending steroids in letters to Britain and the United States, authorities said Thursday.

29.   A shipload of high-level nuclear waste arrived Tuesday morning at a northern Japanese port, where hundreds of protesters criticized the shipment as an environmental risk.

30.   A small cargo plane crashed into a hill outside this northern port city in Spain killing all three crew members Monday.