11.   Indian leaders have threatened military action unless the Pakistani government blocks guerrillas from crossing into India and shuts down their camps inside Pakistan.

12.   Israeli leaders threaten to respond with military action.

13.   Local leaders threaten that unless action is taken soon, they may resort to more drastic action.

14.   Local labor leaders have threatened to withhold support from two House Democrats, Lois Capps of California and Sander Levin of Michigan.

15.   Opposition leaders threatened to reject him unless they were given key Cabinet positions.

16.   Palestinian leaders threatened that the downfall of Arafat could widen the conflict.

17.   President Kim Dae-jung said the strike was illegal, but union leaders threatened to expand it to other companies.

18.   Rebel leaders threatened on Tuesday to carry their war for Chechen independence into nearby provinces unless Russian troops withdraw from Chechnya by the end of May.

19.   Six months ago some Republican leaders were threatening to pull the plug on Amtrak.

20.   Some congressional leaders have threatened to attach the spending bills to a measure to increase the debt ceiling.