21.   Amid the sex-abuse scandal, a few Catholic priests have been applauded by parishioners for urging an end to mandatory celibacy.

22.   And an alliance of eight Palestinian groups based in Damascus, Syria, called for an escalation of violence against Israel, and urged an end to peace negotiations.

23.   At a Security Council meeting, the ambassadors of Russia and China, both sympathetic to Iraq, urged an end to the attacks.

24.   At a U.N. Security Council meeting, the ambassadors of Russia and China, both sympathetic to Iraq, urged an end to the bombings.

25.   Burundi military ruler urges end to sanctions.

26.   But Arab nations reacted with horror, condemning the attacks and urging an end to violence on both sides.

27.   But with Russian President Boris Yeltsin at the summit table, Chretien also urged an end to all fighting.

28.   Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder also urged an end to the growing debate on whether countries such as Iraq and Somalia would be targeted after Afghanistan.

29.   China and Russia have been urging an end to the operation in the Caribbean country.

30.   Chinese dissidents urge end of jail beatings.