21.   Whitman, who is running for re-election this year, dismissed questions about whether her announcement was intended to bolster her image as a crime fighter.

22.   Parliament passed a constitutional change this month allowing crime fighters to electronically bug homes for the first time in postwar Germany.

23.   A top Chechen crime fighter on Thursday blamed Islamic fundamentalists for a wave of kidnappings and other crimes that have plagued the breakaway republic in southern Russia.

24.   And the violent action is overlaid with a melancholy view of the lives of a master criminal and a demonic crime fighter.

25.   But a government official last night said the crime fighter had travelled to Lisbon en route to an Interpol meeting in Paris.

26.   He had been compared to Eliot Ness and Frank Serpico, American crime fighters legendary for their honesty and willingness to tackle crooked cops.

27.   In the wake of the attacks, parliament is considering changes that would free crime fighters to pursue individuals even on early suspicions.

28.   Instead of taking a bite out of crime, Rony the police dog took a bite out of a crime fighter.

29.   Intent on outsmarting mobsters who know no borders, crime fighters and political leaders from around the world are meeting in this organized crime capital to coordinate strategy.

30.   Police have a duty to guard civil rights and oppose any forms of discrimination, Pope John Paul II told crime fighters from across Europe on Tuesday.