11.   Scalfaro on Wednesday wrapped up consulations to pick a premier amid increasing alarm about the effects of the political crisis on the economy.

12.   The continuing violence also prompted increasing alarm in other countries.

13.   The continuing violence is prompting increasing alarm in other countries.

14.   The continuing violence prompted increasing alarm in other countries, with tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians demonstrating in Macedonia, Albania and elsewhere.

15.   Western officials expressed increasing alarm.

16.   There, his discretion helped shield Pompidou, suffering from a rare form of cancer, from increasing public alarm over his health.

17.   There, his discretion and aloofness helped shield Pompidou, suffering from a rare form of cancer, from increasing public alarm over his health.