11.   Authorities announced the punishment yesterday after trading close on Japanese stock exchanges.

12.   Authorities announced Wednesday that a man was arrested for violating the evacuation order.

13.   Authorities finally announced an agreement, and the terrorists and hostages were escorted to a nearby airport.

14.   Authorities also announced that two more people had been infected with anthrax, bringing to at least eight the number of confirmed cases of infection.

15.   Authorities announced distilleries would curb output and lower the alcohol content of rice-based liquors to conserve national grain stocks.

16.   Authorities announced the punishment yesterday after trading closed on Japanese stock exchanges.

17.   A camper who shot and killed an endangered Mexican gray wolf was within his rights because he believed his family was in danger, federal authorities announced Monday.

18.   A crisis was averted only when electoral authorities announced that Fujimori had fallen just short of an outright first-round victory.

19.   Afghan authorities also announced they would unconditionally release a British journalist who was arrested last month inside Afghanistan with two guides.

20.   After months of criticism, Swiss authorities announced they would set up a fund to compensate Holocaust victims.