1.   He made a will just hours before he died.

2.   Negotiators in Geneva reached their final agreement just hours before the midnight deadline.

3.   And many local residents say Nkabinde was seen riding into the area in a police van just hours before the killings.

4.   Another was that his girlfriend, in a telephone call just hours before his death, ended their relationship, according to the grand jury report.

5.   A mountain lion had sauntered along the creek just hours before.

6.   Abdullah was sworn into the job just hours before a feeble Hussein returned hastily to Minnesota for a last attempt at the ill-fated treatment.

7.   Administration officials said they had canceled a plan to stage a military strike just hours before it was set to begin.

8.   Adding a man to his team just hours before racing began in the semifinal elimination round was more than a shock.

9.   But it arrived only to find picket lines in place for a bitter transit strike and decided to postpone its visit just hours after it arrived.

10.   Clinton, defying calls that he postpone the speech, addressed the joint session just hours after his own attorneys opened their defense of him before the Senate.