21.   Farmers in northern France burned tires, paraded cows through streets and blocked a building with tractors Monday, calling for more government aid amid the mad cow crisis.

22.   Mad cow crisis expected to dominate.

23.   Mad cow crisis deepens.

24.   Prices have been hit by a strong currency and doubts over the safety of British beef after the mad cow crisis.

25.   Relations have always been frosty between Chirac and Jospin, but thinly veiled mutual criticism over the handling of the mad cow crisis sent the thermometer plunging.

26.   Riot police Monday turned water cannons on farmers besieging European Union headquarters to demand more money to cope with the mad cow crisis.

27.   Some speakers confessed that the mad cow crisis forced them to make last-minute changes to their speeches, or simply improvise.

28.   The blockade is intended to pressure the government to help alleviate the mad cow crisis.

29.   The European Commission on Thursday brushed aside threats of a parliamentary censure motion over its alleged mishandling of the mad cow crisis.

30.   The mad cow crisis has devastated cattle farmers in France, and one leading farmers group said it was happy with the agency recommendation.