51.   The dollar dropped against the yen as the market awaited news on the progress of U.S.-Japan auto talks.

52.   They included three Americans and two children, whose mother was not taken and awaited news anxiously Monday at the resort.

53.   They were escorted to a private room with counselors from the Red Cross to await news on the passengers, said B.V. Castillo, a Red Cross spokeswoman.

54.   Trading was thin as participants sat on the sidelines awaiting news out of the negotiations.

55.   Trading volume was light as investors awaited news of the key vote in congress on the CPMF financial transactions tax.

56.   Trading was light as investors awaited news of the direction of the U.S. economy.

57.   Wheat futures were quiet as traders awaited news from the annual analysts tour of Kansas wheat fields.

58.   Wives and girlfriends of the hostages sat in a heavily guarded bungalow in northern India Monday evening, reading and pacing the floor while awaiting news.

59.   Hundreds of relatives of the missing people anxiously awaited news of their kin as the chances of finding survivors under the rubble evaporated.

60.   A small group of Filipinos and newsmen held a vigil outside the prison gates, awaiting news of the hanging.