21.   Earlier Thursday, a Liberian soccer team said their star, George Weah, had offered to intervene to help secure the release of the four-member crew.

22.   In Britain, Prime Minister Tony Blair called French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin and asked him to intervene to help British truckers.

23.   In Britain, Prime Minister Tony Blair called Jospin and asked him to intervene to help British truckers.

24.   Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, meanwhile, called on the Organization of Islamic Conference to intervene to help resolve the Iraqi crisis peacefully, Iranian radio reported.

25.   President Sali Berisha said Friday his army would intervene to help ethnic Albanians in Kosovo should war break out in that region of southern Yugoslavia.

26.   The Bank of Thailand will intervene to help the small commercial bank raise capital, Chuan said at a news conference.

27.   The dollar rose against the euro Thursday, as European leaders chose not to intervene to help revive their sagging currency.

28.   The dollar slipped as traders speculated that the Group of Seven major industrialized nations will jointly intervene to help boost the sliding yen.

29.   The dollar slipped as traders speculated that the Group of Seven major industrialized nations will jointly intervene to help stem the slide of the yen.

30.   The World Trade Organization is to intervene to help decide a dispute between Canada and Brazil over civilian aircraft exports.