51.   He said authorities were preparing to send divers into the section of river where the vehicles are.

52.   Health authorities are also preparing for an outbreak of water-borne disease such as cholera, typhoid and diarrhoea after the water supply was damaged in the storm.

53.   He would not comment on speculation that federal authorities were preparing to label the probe a terrorism investigation.

54.   In Keelung, the authorities are preparing emergency shelters, the United Daily News reported.

55.   Beijing authorities are now preparing to try one of the high-flying princelings, or sons of important leaders, who was caught during the operation.

56.   The Russian authorities are preparing a feasability study into a bridge that would linking Sakhalin to the Russian mainland.

57.   The next stop will be Polynesia where the local authorities are already preparing a spectacular welcome.

58.   The shelling began as Croatian authorities prepared to open the airport.

59.   Yet paedophilia is increasing, Frasier-Moleketi told AFP, and authorities should prepare for a possible influx of male sex tourists.

60.   Iraqi authorities meanwhile prepared to celebrate the resumption of the oil exports.