51.   U.N. officials said the combination of economic insecurity, high unemployment and deteriorating health services throughout Eastern Europe are behind the steep rise.

52.   Concerns had been growing over the conditions inside the church and the deteriorating health of the immigrants.

53.   Chun has rejected an appeal to apply for parole despite his deteriorating health, vowing to continue his protest fast, aides said.

54.   Conditions for those living in the camps were reasonable, she added, but many were living outside and were suffering deteriorating health and hunger.

55.   Concern had been growing over the conditions inside the church and the deteriorating health of the immigrants.

56.   Conditions for those living in the camps were reasonable, she added, but many were living outside them and were suffering deteriorating health and hunger.

57.   Deteriorating health conditions in eastern and central Europe could threaten reforms underway since the collapse of communism, according to a UNICEF report released here Thursday.

58.   Famously determined, she is said to have rebuffed all attempts to persuade her to take it easy, despite her steadily deteriorating health over the past decade.

59.   The police move followed a press report that Chun may be tansferred soon from Anyang to the hospital because of his fast deteriorating health.

60.   The pontiff returns to Rome on Sunday evening after his journey, which was undertaken despite his deteriorating health and suggestions that he should resign.