11.   German authorities have discovered clues that an attack by militants might be in the works for the annual Love Parade festival next month, says the tabloid newspaper Bild.

12.   In December, federal authorities discovered an eavesdropping device in a department conference room and swiftly expelled a Russian diplomat from the country.

13.   In New York City, Gov. George E. Pataki said that authorities had discovered anthrax spores at his midtown Manhattan office.

14.   In the bad old days, the Maleviches were hidden away in storage, lest the party authorities discover these objectionable abstractions.

15.   Lindh became an instant enigma when American authorities discovered him last November in a prison fortress near the city of Mazar-e-Sharif filled with Taliban soldiers.

16.   Mexican authorities soon discovered that at least some undercover work had been conducted in Mexico, without Mexican permission, Attorney General Jorge Madrazo Cuellar said at the time.

17.   State authorities also recently discovered that some petitions to get referendum proposals on the ballot contained thousands of forgeries, including the names of dead voters.

18.   The local authorities discovered that he was in a booby-trapped hideout in the mountains north of Priest River, Idaho.

19.   Through telephone intercepts, authorities discovered that his electronic silence had slipped.

20.   Police said authorities discovered anti-American books and pamphlets at the agency.