31.   President Clinton has made some eloquent speeches about the importance of punishing and deterring genocide and other international crimes.

32.   Robert Sims, a State Department adviser on international crime, said the issue was an important national-security problem, the paper reported.

33.   Schmidbauer has suggested that both international crime gangs and Russian officials could be involved.

34.   Significantly, the judges ruled that mass rape is a crime against humanity, the second most serious category of international crimes after genocide.

35.   The Assembly also approved the establishment of an international crime center in Vienna to combine the work of U.N. agencies dealing with narcotics and crime prevention.

36.   The cops apparently got a weak tip from a postal inspector and went after Mrs. Akande as if she were an international crime lord.

37.   The court would prosecute international crimes when national legal systems are unwilling or unable to do so.

38.   The court will allow prosecutors to collect information, bringing public attention to international crimes.

39.   The intent is to coordinate national efforts and emulate the countries with the best methods for tackling international crime.

40.   The International Criminal Court, designed to try only the most heinous international crimes, contains ample safeguards against frivolous prosecutions.