21.   Meanwhile, Tokyo stocks fell slightly after a report of worse-than-expected earnings from TDK electronics company hurt market sentiment.

22.   Muslims in Hyderabad say the demolition of the mosque and the inter-religious marriage hurt their sentiments.

23.   Ms. Nasrin left for Europe in August last year after the government ordered her arrest and Islamic extremists called for her assassination for hurting the sentiments of Muslims.

24.   Norman Chan, associate investment research director at Allen Perkins Ltd., said the new measures would drive off genuine investors and further hurt market sentiment.

25.   On the stock market, investor sentiment was hurt by the Mainichi report and the weaker yen, which traders said was being associated with a weak economy.

26.   On the stock market, investor sentiment was hurt by the Mainichi report.

27.   Reports in a major Japanese business daily Thursday that the government will delay debating sweeping tax cuts until the regular Parliament session next year also hurt market sentiment.

28.   Reports that Russian President Boris Yeltsin had sacked Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov also hurt sentiment.

29.   Reports in a major Japanese business daily Thursday that the government will delay debating sweeping tax cuts until the regular Parliament session next year hurt market sentiment.

30.   That weakness, which erodes the value of Japanese stocks held by foreign investors, also hurt sentiment.