11.   Hata earlier chaired a meeting of the Japanese national security council, where Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa also voiced alarm about the crisis.

12.   In a statement last month, the UAE cabinet voiced alarm at the low level of national labour in the banking sector.

13.   An Israeli ambassador voiced alarm Saturday at the sale of North Korean Scud long-range missiles to countries such as Syria, Iran and Libya.

14.   Amnesty International has voiced alarm over the increase.

15.   The threat, however, appeared to be having little effect, with the Croats expressing indifference, though the Bosnian Moslems voiced alarm.

16.   The United Nations voiced alarm Thursday over a border skirmish in southern Lebanon between Shiite Muslim Hezbollah guerrillas and the Israeli military.

17.   UN officials voiced alarm Tuesday at what they called a humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territories, shattered by a devastating Israeli military offensive.

18.   Meanwhile, the United Nations voiced alarm over a border skirmish in southern Lebanon between Shiite Muslim Hezbollah guerrillas and the Israeli military on Wednesday.

19.   Russia has already voiced its alarm at the growth in nuclear trafficking.