21.   Ethiopian Finance Minister Sufian Ahmed summed up another major concern when he voiced deep regret over the steady fall in official development aid from the industrialized world.

22.   Gong expressed deep regret over the statement and urged Japan change its view, ministry officials said.

23.   He said Australia had notified the Cricket Board of Control for Sri Lanka of its decision, and expressed its deep regret.

24.   It said Jim Bob Moffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold Inc., expressed deep regret over the violence.

25.   Last year, the federal government passed a motion expressing its deep regret but stopping short of formally apologizing.

26.   NATO and the United States have said the embassy attack was accidental and have expressed deep regret.

27.   State Department spokesman Philip Reeker limited himself to an expression of deep regret.

28.   State-run media have not reported U.S. or NATO claims that it was an accident or their expressions of deep regret.

29.   The commander of the NATO-led peacekeeping force, Lt. Gen. Juan Ortuno, appeared on Kosovo television Monday evening to express deep regret for the death.

30.   The German ambassador expressed deep regret about the incident and promised to immediately inform German authorities about the protest.