21.   And as US stock markets finished their second year of consecutive losses amid the global economic slow-down, many leaders warned of further hard times ahead.

22.   Earlier Friday Levy warned Arab leaders attending the weekend summit in Cairo not to try to intimidate the new goverment in Israel.

23.   Foreign Minister David Levy on Friday warned Arab leaders meeting in Cairo this weekend against adopting a threatening stand towards the new Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

24.   It also warns leaders on all sides who continue to encourage violence that restrictions on their travel outside Burundi are under consideration.

25.   Otherwise, city residents would try and form a human shield around the hospital, the leaders warned.

26.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat Monday against trying to fuel confrontation with Jewish settlers as a means of pressuring Israel in peace negotiations.