1.   That report came as U.S. fighter-bombers pounded the tunnels and bunkers near Jalalabad.

2.   The report came as Giuliani formally endorsed Goldstein on Thursday after having offered expressions of support over several days that fell just short of that.

3.   The release of the report came as President Bush prepares his response to global warming.

4.   The report came as New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was preparing to square off against then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in a bid for the U.S. Senate.

5.   The report came a day before Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke holds his next monetary policy meeting with Bank of England Governor Eddie George.

6.   The report came as the Pentagon said U.S. warplanes destroyed a compound in eastern Afghanistan it believes was used by the chief of intelligence for the fallen Taliban regime.

7.   The report came as the Pentagon said U.S. warplanes destroyed a compound in eastern Afghanistan used by the chief of intelligence for the fallen Taliban regime.

8.   The unfinished background report came as Mayor Rudolph Giuliani formally endorsed Goldstein on Thursday after having made expressions of support over several days that fell just short of that.

9.   According to local and Western officials, a new report came from Dusko Erceg, a Croat recently released from Sremska Mitrovica after serving a six-year sentence.

10.   The inflation report came a day after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates for a fifth time this year.