11.   For its part, Iraq insisted it was open to anything that would help avert attack.

12.   If such a situation arises there is also possibility to deploy BDR and army forces at the power generating centres to avert possible attacks, the sources said.

13.   Last month, the pope urged the U.N. leader to go to Baghdad to try to avert an attack on Iraq over the issue of arms inspections.

14.   Pope John Paul II has urged U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to go to Baghdad to try to avert an attack on Iraq, the Vatican said Monday.

15.   President George W. Bush has bristled over suggestions that the government knew enough to avert the attacks.

16.   Savua said police were on full alert to avert more attacks, which he called deplorable.

17.   Russia is again pushing its own diplomatic initiative, trying to avert an attack on Iraq.

18.   That agreement averted an attack on Iraq by the United States and Britain.

19.   Some towns are signing pacts with Russian troops in a desperate bid to avert attacks.

20.   That still does not provide the kind of specific information often needed to avert an attack.