11.   In a startling development, gold medal favorite Wotherspoon of Canada caught an edge just four strides off the starting line and tumbled to the ice.

12.   It was a startling development in one of three unsolved assassinations of top Mexican leaders over the past two years.

13.   The arrest of Raul Salinas de Gortari was a startling development in one of three unsolved slayings of top Mexican leaders over the past year.

14.   The diplomatic isolation and economic chaos have split the Islamic leadership, a startling development for a party long celebrated as the best-organized in Sudan, diplomats say.