21.   The sales follow a wave of new supply.

22.   The talks follow a wave of other mergers in the drug industry aimed at cutting costs to compete in a harsher marketing environment.

23.   Those talks were broken off in the political crisis that followed a wave of suicide bombings in Israel.

24.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat appealed to Arab states on Wednesday to force Israel not to take further measures against Palestinians following a wave of deadly bombings.

25.   Among those attending were leaders of groups outlawed by the government following a wave of rightist violence in recent years.

26.   Arafat, under pressure from Israel and the United States, ordered a crackdown on Islamic militants following their wave of attacks.

27.   Arafat, under pressure from Israel and the United States, ordered a crackdown on Islamic militants following the wave of attacks.

28.   But negotiations stalled because of Israeli security concerns following a wave of attacks by Islamic militants.

29.   Christian Coptic leaders in southern Egypt appealed to the government Sunday to protect their churches and villages following a wave of deadly assaults by Muslim extremists.

30.   Christian Coptic leaders in southern Egypt appealed Sunday to the government to protect their churches and villages following a wave of deadly assaults by Muslim extremists.