21.   Algeria marks a first with joint maneuvers with U.S.

22.   For one employee, the day marked his first on the job, and another had hidden in a first-floor closet, Matuza said.

23.   Government-held parts of Bosnia marked their first Independence Day with little cheer Wednesday as the three-year war ground on with renewed fighting in the northwest.

24.   The attack marked the first against its nuns in Yemen.

25.   That experiment marked the first ever such outer space maneuver carried out via remote control from Earth.

26.   The arrests of eight Bosnian Serbs on Wednesday marked a first, U.N. spokesman Alexander Ivanko told reporters in Sarajevo.

27.   The decision to cooperate with Israeli authorities marked a first for the community.

28.   The first downhill was marked by a spectacular fall by Italian Pietro Vitalini who lost his balance and went tumbling over a security fence.

29.   The election marks the first in which major Christians groups are taking part.

30.   The quarter marked the first in which Alcoa had a full quarter of earnings from the recent assets.