21.   Federal officials declared half a dozen states to be major disaster areas.

22.   Hong Kong officials have declared the outbreak over because no new cases have been discovered since the chicken slaughter three weeks ago.

23.   Hundreds were turned away when fire officials declared the popular club filled to capacity.

24.   In Iraq, officials declared the start of Ramadan Friday with the sighting of the crescent moon.

25.   In Kabul, meanwhile, a high-ranking Afghan intelligence official declared that Al Qaeda is no longer a serious threat to peace in the country.

26.   In addition, damage done to buildings caused officials to declare areas around Sundance West, the Cash America building and the UPR Building areas of major concern.

27.   In Italy, this week a high-level government official declared on television that the country should consider excluding Muslims from immigration.

28.   In Kosovo, Serbian officials are already declaring that their military campaign is over.

29.   In nearly every instance when civilian casualties were claimed, Pentagon officials have declared that legitimate military targets were hit.

30.   In Poland, officials must declare whether they were informers.