21.   Prosecutors say Gilbert, of Setauket, N.Y., secretly was injecting patients with the drug adrenaline in an attempt to look heroic in confronting medical crises she caused.

22.   Aznar, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, meanwhile pressed the government of Argentina for a sound plan to confront the crisis.

23.   Duran Ballen called upon national solidarity to confront the crisis.

24.   President Fernando de la Rua imposed a state of emergency and called for a national unity government that would include members of the opposition to confront the crisis.