21.   The corruption case stemmed from the award of leases on property owned by the rail line to the hospital foundation at favorable rates.

22.   The case stemmed from a seven-year federal investigation triggered by private whistle-blowers.

23.   The case stems from a government campaign to eradicate the corruption that has long tarnished Taiwanese politics.

24.   The case stems from e-mail messages written earlier this year which claimed, among other things, that the kidney foundation misused donations and paid its employees exorbitant bonuses.

25.   The cheating case stems from allegations by Lakhubhai Pathak, a London-based businessman who manufactures spicy pickles.

26.   The case stems from a year-long investigation into assassination squads in KwaZulu-Natal province, where a decade of ANC-Inkatha fighting has left thousands dead.

27.   The case stems from an article Hiebert wrote in January about lawsuits in Malaysia.

28.   The case reportedly stemmed from the prosecution of Jackie Mattison, a former state assemblyman and chief of staff for Newark Mayor Sharpe James.

29.   The case stems from a routine corruption trial but has become a constitutional battleground just three weeks after China recovered sovereignty over Hong Kong.

30.   The Yoo case stems from a grand jury investigation of an alleged influence peddling by Pataki aides in parole cases.