1.   His statement echoed similar calls made by Sheikh Asad Bayyud al-Tamimi, spiritual leader of the Islamic Jihad Beit al-Maqdis, a few days earlier.

2.   His statement echoed the mood in Congress, where there were calls for stiffer action to compel Iraq to cooperate with the U.N. inspections.

3.   Other police officers attending the hearing declined to comment, except to say the statements in court echoed their feelings.

4.   Similar statements echo through the halls of the lower house of parliament, the State Duma.

5.   The statement largely echoed the principles set by the Bush initiative.

6.   Berezovsky said the statement echoed the tone of Stalin-era repression that filled jails and labor camps with political prisoners.

7.   His statement echoed a protest Sunday by U.N. authorities in Congo who categorically rejected all allegations of wrongdoing by U.N. staff made by the rebels.

8.   The government and church statements echoed earlier comments by Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov and other Russian leaders, who sharply opposed any NATO attacks.

9.   The statement echoed earlier comments by Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov and other Russian leaders, who sharply opposed any NATO attacks.

10.   The statement echoed warnings last week from Iraqi leaders that another row in the Gulf may erupt if the sanctions remain.