1.   The chief executive of Merseytravel, which operates the service, emerged from a crisis meeting and conceded a crippling financial burden was forcing it to back closure plans.

2.   As Hong Kong stocks plunged on Tuesday morning, Tung Chee-hwa, the chief executive of Hong Kong, called a crisis meeting of his Cabinet.

3.   Despite all the precautions, one test failed, prompting a crisis meeting.

4.   Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa Tuesdaypresided over his first crisis Cabinet meeting since the territory returned to Chinese rule four months ago.

5.   In Berlin, the German government held an emergency crisis meeting.

6.   The crisis meeting should have been called as soon as the company heard about the accident, and Greg should have issued a statement that same evening.

7.   With the party so comprehensively split, Perot called a crisis meeting in Nashville for Saturday to discuss the crisis.

8.   Orthodox leaders had called for such an overhaul at a crisis meeting last May.

9.   Prime Minister John Major, rebuffing a French demand for immediate action in Bosnia, said Friday he was inviting allies to a crisis meeting next week.

10.   A crisis meeting of top government officials in Moscow ordered beefed up security in the capital.