21.   Shevardnadze, the former Soviet foreign minister, has cracked down on his opponents following the attempt on his life.

22.   That followed suicide attempts by five orphans who had been forcibly examined.

23.   The assassination attempt was followed by a series of angry verbal exchanges between Egypt and Sudan as well as skirmishes near the disputed border area of Halaib.

24.   The ban followed several attempts to introduce Orbit into Egypt, he said.

25.   The decision followed failed attempts to find private investors to keep the station operative.

26.   The collision followed attempts by the Italian navy to force the Albanian boat to turn back.

27.   The decision followed failed attempts to find private investors.

28.   The detention followed an attempt by fellow Hangzhou dissident Chen Longde this week to commit suicide after prison guards beat him and instructed other prisoners to also attack him.

29.   The improvement in U.S.-North Korean relations follows attempts at reconciliation between North and South Korea.

30.   The report was the first to suggest the extent of arrests that followed the attempt.