51.   Outlining plans for his final year in office, Clinton last week alluded to new projects aimed at curbing gun violence.

52.   Powell is struggling to persuade Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to pull his forces from the West Bank and Palestinian leader Arafat to curb violence.

53.   Powell said the United States was playing host to the two sides in security talks aimed at curbing the violence.

54.   Pakistan banned both groups and three others in January in an effort to curb religious violence and ease tensions with India.

55.   President Liamine Zeroual, whose army-backed government has been unable to curb the violence, sought Tuesday to show solidarity with women.

56.   Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, who has promised to curb police violence against journalists, denounced the beatings and said three police officers were suspended from duty pending investigation.

57.   Protesters condemned the government saying it had failed to curb sectarian violence.

58.   Police have arrested dozens of leaders of these groups in an attempt to curb the violence.

59.   PLO chief Yasser Arafat created the military court two months ago as a sign of his intent to curb militant violence, but no trials had been held.

60.   A British project aimed at curbing domestic violence and protecting victims won the first European Crime Prevention Award on Monday.