31.   Besides gaining legal custody of his daughter, Bruce Nathan, a wallpaper salesman, wants to end child support payments to his ex-wife.

32.   He also noted that Bosnian authorities were unable to gain custody of the suspects.

33.   He later gained permanent custody.

34.   Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday that Japanese authorities could gain custody more quickly of U.S. servicemen suspected of serious crimes.

35.   Khan, who gained custody of Farah when she was an infant, brought her to Canada last April to live with him and his new wife.

36.   Many of the cases involve American parents who married non-Americans, divorced and have since been frustrated in efforts to gain custody or to see their children.

37.   Some of the legal hurdles U.S. authorities face in gaining custody of suspected terrorists arrested in Europe.

38.   South Korea has demanded that this so-called Status of Forces Agreement be revised to allow South Korea to earlier gain custody of American crime suspects.

39.   The Bush administration is already working toward a compromise so the United States can gain custody of terrorism suspects held in Europe.

40.   The father, who is not HIV-positive, consistently refused treatment for his daughter and dodged attempts by Australian authorities to gain custody of the child.