21.   Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic recently acknowledged that seven indicted suspects were prepared to surrender to the tribunal if they got assurances of quick trials.

22.   Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic recently said that seven indicted suspects were prepared to surrender to the tribunal if they got assurances of quick trials.

23.   East Carolina athletic director Mike Hamrick said the school got verbal assurances from the NCAA that it could accept such donations during its hardships.

24.   Fino, who traveled to Rome to meet with European Union foreign ministers, failed to get assurances that aid convoys would be protected by a multinational force.

25.   Following negotiations with the U.N., Israel reportedly got assurances that its soldiers, if found culpable, would be immune to prosecution.

26.   German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Thursday that he got assurances President Bush backs a Clinton administration agreement to compensate Nazi-era forced and slave laborers.

27.   German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Thursday that he got assurances President George Bush backs a Clinton administration agreement to compensate Nazi-era forced and slave laborers.

28.   He dropped the restrictions a week later after getting assurances from Graham and Goss that they would rein in their members.

29.   In an interview Monday with Israel army radio, Netanyahu said he got assurances from the United States that Palestinians who kill Israelis would serve long terms.

30.   Kopke got no assurances from Courbis that he would play more often.