21.   The first reports of illnesses emerged in Belgium two weeks ago, and the crisis quickly spread to other European countries, including France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

22.   The first report emerged Saturday in Al Quds, a Palestinian daily based in London and known for its fierce opposition to the Saudi regime.

23.   The new mood marks a major shift, since politicians, especially the mayor, had generally watched quietly since the first reports of corruption emerged last September.

24.   The report emerges at a time of uncertainty about whether Guatemala can become a real democracy.

25.   The reports have emerged recently from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where interviews indicate that some aid workers exchanged food rations for sex with children.

26.   The price is higher than most analysts expected when reports of the negotiations emerged last month.

27.   Tuesday, as reports emerged of a new battle that left one Serb policeman and four Kosovo Albanians dead, the US urged that the new sanctions be imposed.

28.   After reports emerged that the intelligence gathering had occurred in other areas of Spain, spokesmen at the Interior Ministry and at Civil Guard headquarters declined to comment.

29.   As humanitarian aid from around the world trickled into Chechnya Sunday, reports emerged that Russian shipments were being directed exclusively to Russian-held regions.

30.   Bill Richardson, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, patched together the meeting after reports emerged that Mobutu was backing away from his promise to meet Kabila.