11.   Sentiment against the United Nations has grown since mid-February, as many Haitians blame U.N. combat troops for not disarming the killers or actively intervening to halt the violence.

12.   The dollar was higher against the yen midday Wednesday, as investors shrugged off concerns that Japanese authorities would intervene to halt the gains.

13.   The three were extricated from the mob only after local Muslim clerics intervened to halt the assault.

14.   He intervened to halt the fighting between the separatists and the Moldovan government.

15.   A demonstration in the town on Thursday erupted into stone throwing at Israeli soldiers, but Palestinian security forces intervened to halt the violence.

16.   But Palestinian police quickly intervened to halt the incident.

17.   The soldiers intervened to halt the clashes between the Abu Sananeh and Abu Assad clans, the Palestinian sources said.

18.   Izetbegovic concluded with an appeal to Akashi to intervene to halt the fighting.

19.   PLO chairman Yasser Arafat has appealed to the United Nations to intervene to halt the confiscations.

20.   Police had to intervene to halt fighting outside the jail between Kach followers and a Palestinian family.