11.   Congolese state radio said Monday that Zambian President Frederick Chiluba was expected in the capital on Monday in an apparent bid to persuade Kabila to agree to a cease-fire.

12.   Despite international protests, Congolese military authorities have executed scores of people, most of them soldiers, in an apparent bid to maintain tight discipline.

13.   Gunmen believed to be Basque separatists shot a policeman Monday at the Guggenheim Museum in an apparent bid to sabotage the opening next weekend of the museum.

14.   However, in an apparent bid to restart the talks, Netanyahu somewhat softened his position, the Yediot Ahronot newspaper reported.

15.   In an apparent bid to alleviate international pressure, he invited a delegation of the trans-Atlantic Organization of Security and Cooperation to review the situation.

16.   In an apparent bid to improve its image abroad, the ruling party broke its alliance with ultranationalists, a move cautiously welcomed Friday by the opposition.

17.   In an apparent bid to placate the angry electorate, Ramos on Saturday fired his labor secretary, two weeks after he let go Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo.

18.   In an apparent bid to undercut support for the insurgency, the government recently released two imprisoned Islamic leaders, but the violence has continued.

19.   In an apparent bid to woo Canadians, he claimed to have read books by former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau.

20.   In an apparent bid to placate Moscow, Belarusian prosecutors this week asked for a suspended sentence.