21.   Blatter also condemned the decision of six Chelsea players to pull out of a UEFA Cup tie against Hapoel Tel-Aviv in Israel because of security fears.

22.   Civil rights activist the Reverend Jesse Jackson sparked further debate when he initially condemned the decision.

23.   Greenpeace spokeswoman Stephanie Mills condemned the decision which was announced ahead of a meeting between Chirac and President Clinton this week.

24.   Hard-line Islamic groups, meanwhile, condemned the decision Monday to withdraw from the U.N. conference in Durban, South Africa.

25.   Hard-line Islamic groups, however, condemned the decision Monday to withdraw from the U.N. conference in Durban, South Africa.

26.   In Moscow, Gherman Gref, the Russian minister of economics and trade, condemned the decision but said he hoped a trade war could be averted.

27.   In Tehran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Assefi condemned the decision.

28.   Jeffrey Donaldson, a member of Parliament for the Protestant Ulster Unionist party, condemned the decision to free McMahon.

29.   Kennett also chided the churches for not condemning the attack as speedily as they condemned the decision to display the work.

30.   Kok, Rasmussen and Carlsson were among seven EU leaders who signed up Sunday to a statement condemning the decision by Chirac.