11.   Opposition leaders appealed for a high turnout, and first indications were that it was around xx percent.

12.   Opposition leaders appealed for a high turnout.

13.   Opposition leaders appealed for calm, but the crowd, led by street toughs from Cacak, an industrial town in central Serbia, surged back.

14.   Opposition leaders had appealed for a high turnout.

15.   Orange leaders appealed for Protestants to launch protests elsewhere to overload police reserves.

16.   Pacific island leader appeals for action on warming.

17.   Rabih said many tribal leaders had appealed to the government to release the lawmaker.

18.   Rebel leaders have appealed for reinforcements to defend their northern stronghold against thousands of advancing soldiers.

19.   A Kurdish guerrilla leader appealed to European Union countries to mediate peace talks with Turkey, saying he was ready for a ceasefire, Kurdish television said Friday.

20.   A Somali clan leader has appealed to international aid groups to help provide water, food and medicine to inhabitants of his drought-stricken region.