1.   And the Democratic National Committee is deploying lawmakers and local elected officials across the country this month to talk about the recession and the federal budget.

2.   And with new legislatures being sworn in across the country this month, tax cuts are clearly on the horizon.

3.   High-level visits to both countries this month succeeded in pulling them back from the brink of war.

4.   Recruiters plan to travel around the country this month and next to lure recruits.

5.   Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is to visit those two countries this month.

6.   The country that month also turned in its weakest jobs report in years, yet few economists believe the data reflect reality.

7.   Algiers turned down a similar request by the EU delegation that visited the country this month.

8.   Dozens of illegal immigrants are arrested around the country each month.

9.   Eight other Afghans associated with the runup to the loya jirga, or grand council, have been killed across the country this month, U.N. officials said.

10.   General strikes and protests in cities across the country this month have left at least one man dead, more than a dozen wounded and hundreds arrested.