1.   If true, the timing of the fine increase may allow the association to impose the harsher penalties if authorities uncover wrong-doings at Nomura.

2.   In late July, for example, the Palestinian authorities uncovered a bomb lab in Beit Sahour near Bethlehem in part through information provided by Israeli security services.

3.   The China Daily newspaper yesterday reported that authorities have uncovered hundreds of tons of U.S. waste in several cities, including Shanghai, Beijing and Qingdao.

4.   The most dramatic accusations came Thursday when Information Minister Goran Matic revealed that Serbian authorities had uncovered a plot to assassinate President Slobodan Milosevic.

5.   The prosecutor said the investigation began after Czech authorities uncovered the ring and notified his office.

6.   With the help of an informant, the authorities uncovered the operation and arrested nine people last year.

7.   Antara said the two defendants cited Xanana as being responsible for the bomb making activities that the authorities uncovered in Demak, Central Java, last September.

8.   Authorities have uncovered a plot by police officers and former military men to assassinate President Ernesto Perez Balladares and set up a military government, an official said Wednesday.

9.   Authorities recently uncovered a warehouse that allegedly produced cylinder mortars for a right-wing paramilitary group.

10.   Authorities have uncovered numerous such cases in the past.