21.   A number of American firms have plans to close Singapore operations this summer, or leave only local staff in place.

22.   All relief programs are now being run by local Afghan staff.

23.   Akhtar Mohammed said he hoped the local staff returned soon so they could begin clearing thousands of mines in the area.

24.   An International Red Cross team was being sent to Sierra Leone to aid local medical staff, who are overwhelmed and ill-equipped to deal with the tragedy.

25.   CARE Australia officials said threats may have been made against local staff or against Wallace to extract the confession.

26.   Doctors and specialists from Tirana were sent to Elbasan to help the local staff.

27.   Fearing further retaliatory arrests, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has ordered its local staff not to report to work if it involves crossing front-line checkpoints.

28.   He charged the U.N. even failed to protect their own local Bosnian staff.

29.   He said a group of doctors and specialists from Tirana was dispatched to Elbasan to help the local staff.

30.   He said the people seeking shelter in the compound were mainly Liberians, including local staff of the agency and their families.