21.   The U.S. lawsuit seeks billions of dollars and class-action status on behalf of all victims whose families had assets in Swiss banks.

22.   Washington state filed a suit against the tobacco industry, seeking billions of dollars in damages for treating people with smoking-related illnesses.

23.   Washington state filed a suit against the tobacco industry seeking billions of dollars in damages, seeking to recoup money spent for treating people with smoking-related illnesses.

24.   Cigarette makers are asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the federal government that seeks billions of dollars to repay the cost of treating smoking-related illnesses.

25.   Lawyers for the victims hoped hundreds of thousands of people would join the class-action suit, which is seeking billions of dollars in reparations.

26.   Lawyers for the victims hoped hundreds of thousands of people would join the suit, which is seeking billions of dollars in reparations.

27.   Negotiators from Argentina are in a second week of talks in Washington, seeking billions of dollars in fresh loans from the International Monetary Fund.

28.   Russia is seeking billions of dollars in loans from the lending agency, but has been reluctant to carry out economic policies demanded by IMF officials.

29.   Tampubolon said his client would seek billions of dollars in compensation.

30.   The Brazilian state of Goias filed a lawsuit Monday against more than a dozen U.S. tobacco companies, seeking billions of dollars on behalf of sick smokers.