1.   The report coincided with January unemployment figures that showed the January jobless rate was its lowest in five years.

2.   The report coincided with remarks from Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer, who said German economic growth was continuing, but with less vigor than before.

3.   The report coincides with attempts by some lawmakers to enact legislation that would make it harder for people to eliminate all their debts in Bankruptcy Court.

4.   The report coincided with escalating anti-Milosevic protests, including demonstrations by thousands of people Tuesday in two Serbian towns.

5.   The report coincided with the release of a Labor Department report earlier Thursday showing new claims for unemployment insurance inching up last week.

6.   The reports coincided with word of the latest expulsion by Bosnian Serbs.

7.   He said such reports also coincided with increasing attacks on Turkish assets in Europe by either PKK supporters or racist European youths.

8.   The report coincided with the commissioning Thursday of two tank landing craft by navy chief commander Admiral Wu Shih-wen in the southern naval base at Tsoying.

9.   The report coincided with the exchange opening of liaison bureaux by the two former war rivals, the latest step toward a normalisation of ties.

10.   The reports coincided with an incident Thursday in Blackville, South Carolina, in which a teenager suspended from his high school returned with a gun.