21.   As the closure neared, the parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution urging the government to postpone the shutdown at least until April.

22.   Brandishing banners and chanting slogans, the marchers urged the government to take decisive action to solve the problem of unemployment as quickly as possible.

23.   Buddhist monks clad in flowing robes joined thousands of Sri Lankans in urging the government not to hold peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels.

24.   British and Irish prime ministers urge coalition government for Northern Ireland.

25.   Carter, who visited South Africa Friday before flying to Nigeria, urged the government Friday to do more to fight AIDS and widen access to treatment.

26.   Carter, who is visiting South Africa, urged the government Friday to do more to fight AIDS and widen access to treatment.

27.   Carter, who visited South Africa Friday before flying to Nigeria, urged the government to do more to fight AIDS and widen access to treatment.

28.   Communists and other hardliners urged the government on Thursday to pump more cash into the economy and provide social guarantees to state workers.

29.   Draskovic was fired by Milosevic in April after public remarks urging the government to accept a peace deal.

30.   Environmental activists, however, urged the government not to lower its guard in efforts to prevent a repeat of the Marcopper disaster.