21.   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appealed to Zimbabweans to stay calm after a controversy-ridden election that declared President Robert Mugabe re-elected.

22.   Food shortages in North Korea have worsened, a United Nations official in Pyongyang said Wednesday but stressed that the capital was calm after several days of military exercises.

23.   In Paris, trading was calm after the long weekend holiday.

24.   As of midday Wednesday, the scene was calm after a police helicopter buzzed over the area four times.

25.   Authorities reported the situation was calm after two days of clashes between students and police at the state-operated Autonomous University of Santo Domingo.

26.   But the capital was generally calm after the Taliban attack which started at around midnight and lasted until the early morning hours, residents said.

27.   Early Sunday, the town was calm after what EU police said had been a quiet night.

28.   The streets of the capital appeared to be calm after the march, an AFP correspondent said.

29.   This precious metal remained mysteriously calm after a tumultuous start to the year.

30.   Weather conditions at sea were calm after several days of stormy weather in the Caribbean, he added.