31.   Mahant Ram Chandra Paramhans, chairman of a VHP committee planning the temple, said the priests favored going ahead with construction as soon as preparations were completed.

32.   Mariners and boat owners across the Virgin Islands, as well as the east and south coasts of Puerto Rico should rush to complete hurricane preparations this evening.

33.   Mariners and boaters should have completed all preparations.

34.   Meanwhile, at the Baikonur cosmodrome in the former Soviet republic of Kazakstan, space experts were completing preparations for the Soyuz launch, set for Thursday.

35.   Mariners and boat owners across the Virgin Islands as well as the east and south coasts of Puerto Rico should rush to complete hurricane preparations this evening.

36.   North Korea reportedly has completed preparations to test-fire a new missile that analysts say could reach as far as Hawaii or Alaska.

37.   Navrotsky said that it would take until mid-April to complete preparations for towing the wreckage to the Nerpa plant.

38.   On Friday, US Airways was completing shutdown preparations.

39.   Other injuries were caused by accidents such as slips and falls, as people rushed to complete last minute preparations.

40.   Preparations have been completed in the port city of Chittagong to welcome thousands of people coming in a long march towards Khagrachhari.