21.   Authorities had declared a state of emergency in Lahore on Friday, and called in the army to help evacuate some of the hardest hit residents in low-lying areas.

22.   Authorities declared a three-day mourning period in Haryana state.

23.   Authorities declared an area emergency and two nearby hospitals were treating victims, Lemus said.

24.   Authorities declare state-of-alert in Istanbul.

25.   Authorities declared a brief curfew in the town, Lutfu Yinegoglu, the governor of the nearby city of Agri, told the news agency.

26.   Authorities declared a state of emergency in Yakutia, a vast and sparsely inhabited region in eastern Siberia, the channel reported.

27.   Authorities declared a state of war when punitive NATO bombing began and routinely labeled critics at home as traitors for daring to question state policies.

28.   Authorities immediately declared the area, near beaches popular among local and foreign tourists, off-limits.

29.   But he backed off when federal authorities declared such local initiatives illegal.

30.   By last year, world financial authorities had declared the crisis largely over.