41.   Reports from Jerusalem said authorities there advised residents in northern Israel to go into bomb shelters, apparently to guard against a retaliatory Hezbollah rocket attack.

42.   Temperatures dipped well below freezing in those areas, and health authorities have advised the population to dress and drive appropriately.

43.   Still, authorities have advised local villagers to avoid bush meat for now.

44.   The daughter was released on condition that she return to the kidnappers but she was advised by authorities not to go back.

45.   Authorities advised drivers to stay off the roads, where most of the weather-related deaths occurred.

46.   Authorities advised people to take special care during the New Year festivities, which were likely to see yet more torrential rain.

47.   Authorities advised travellers to stay at home unless absolutely necessary, as major east coast airports were closed and inter-city buses not running.

48.   But authorities advise walkers to avoid areas where the animal has been seen.

49.   City authorities have advised citizens who may have been bitten by a stray dog to have themselves inoculated against the disease.

50.   Citing a lack of hard currency caused by the embargo, Iraqi religious authorities advised Moslems to abandon the pilgrimage this year for the first time.