21.   The protests underscored the growing controversy around the WTO.

22.   The trial at the United States District Court comes at a time of growing controversy over biotechnology patents.

23.   To the Texas governor, a growing controversy over the Confederate banner is a mine field.

24.   Usually undercount information is not released this early, but growing political controversy about counting methods has upped the ante, Haub said.

25.   Undeterred by the growing political controversy here and in the Dominican Republic, Safir said Monday that Fernandez had not changed his position in private conversations.

26.   A visit to Okinawa would be politically sensitive because of growing controversy over the U.S. military presence in Okinawa.

27.   Downing Street said that Jo Moore and Martin Sixsmith, officials at the center of a growing controversy about bureaucratic feuding and media manipulation, had stepped down.

28.   Germany said Friday it will not ask Italy to extradite a Kurdish rebel leader sought by German authorities on terrorism charges, skirting a growing political controversy.

29.   However, the nurses faced growing controversy over the reported sale of their stories to tabloid newspapers for undisclosed sums reported to be in six figures.

30.   Indonesia on Thursday said it will not appoint a retired army general as the new ambassador to Australia to squelch a growing controversy about his role in East Timor.