11.   Once Chinese officials learn of such technology leaks, Sasser said, they take steps to halt the transfers.

12.   Russian Foreign Ministry also said that the peacekeepers were taking steps to halt the clashes in Abkhazia.

13.   The Egyptian-Jordanian plan calls on both sides to take steps to halt violence.

14.   The Swiss federal authorities have already taken steps to halt activities by the GIA in Switzerland, including banning Zaoui from entering the country.

15.   Central banks capitalized on the announcement Wednesday that Japan had taken steps to halt an upward climb by the yen.

16.   Kenya has failed to take concrete steps to halt rampant torture and other human rights abuses, Amnesty International said in a report out Wednesday.