11.   That speech launched both his career as a top politician and the cycle of violence that would obliterate multiethnic Yugoslavia.

12.   The investigative trail has pointed toward top politicians accused of protecting Mafia associates.

13.   The new Russia is run by clans of top politicians and their business groups who compete to protect their special interests.

14.   Two top Mexican politicians displayed the national gusto for tobacco when they met recently in New York for a public debate at the Waldorf-Astoria.

15.   Top Labor politicians are making pilgrimages to the Galilee.

16.   Rebutting charges that top politicians had helped their friends with lucrative contracts, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Sunday denied using his position to enrich his family.

17.   A court Thursday freed a top politician on bail after he was in jail for four months awaiting trial in a multi-million dollar animal feed scam.

18.   A growing number of top French politicians have become embroiled in corruption scandals recently, including former Foreign Minister Roland Dumas and ex-Defense Minister Francois Leotard.

19.   A top LDP politician said in a speech to party members Sunday that cutting taxes would be shortsighted, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported.

20.   A top politician has warned the caretaker administration against stopping its drive for unearthing illegal arms.