21.   The warning came just as Western hopes of a deal had risen.

22.   The warning came only two weeks after an international symposium on radiation effects on human health was held in Chelyabinsk.

23.   Word of the warning came one day after federal officials confirmed stepped-up security at U.S. airports because of various terrorist possibilities.

24.   His warning came as the aircraft carrier USS Independence was reported east of Taiwan and the nuclear-powered carrier USS Nimitz was heading for the zone.

25.   His warning came ahead of talks here later Tuesday between US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Prime Minister Tony Blair.

26.   The warning came as President Gloria Arroyo Monday declared a state of emergency in General Santos, her national security adviser said.

27.   The warning came just ahead of the two-day summit between Russian President Boris Yeltsin and US President Bill Clinton, Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington.

28.   The warning came as statistics indicated that state firms were finding it more and more difficult to sell the goods on the increasingly competitive Chinese market.

29.   The warning came after two US citizens were jailed for eight years in Iraq after straying across the border from Kuwait.

30.   The warning came as a pro-business group lambasted the international media for presenting Hong Kong to the world as an imminent disaster.