11.   On Saturday, Museveni travelled to Fort Portal to reassure residents.

12.   Showing off the efficient, educated and impeccably behaved troops was clearly designed to reassure Hong Kong residents who see the Chinese army as an instrument of repression.

13.   The British governor of the island, Robert Harris, had tried to reassure residents about the new policy prior to the election.

14.   The presence of the soldiers did not reassure some residents in San Vicente.

15.   While arson flames burned in a Sarajevo suburb soon to come under government control, NATO officials tried to reassure Serb residents.

16.   Health authorities have launched a house-to-house survey to collect blood samples and the government has been trying to reassure jittery residents.

17.   Deputy Oil Minister Mohammed Mir Moezi, visiting the town, tried to reassure residents and voiced confidence that the housing ministry would find a solution.

18.   President Bill Clinton visited the flood-devastated Northwest Wednesday, reassuring residents and giving a foretaste of his campaign for reelection in November.

19.   Rifkind, who travels on to China on Tuesday, sought to reassure residents here upon his arrival late Saturday.