1.   Crawford said business remains strong this year, despite the mail scare.

2.   In France, thousands of people have been evacuated by mail scares.

3.   He said he thinks the best solution to the anthrax mail scare is technology to verify addresses and sort out risky mail, which could then be irradiated.

4.   The evacuation in Bermuda comes amid a series of mail scares around the world after letters carrying anthrax were delivered to media and government offices in the United States.

5.   The second mail scare occurred at Souda Bay naval base, on the island of Crete, a supply point for U.S. forces in and around Afghanistan.