31.   Government leaders appealed before the vote to Conservatives to rally round the battered and deeply unpopular administration.

32.   German political leaders appealed to the bishops not to pull out of the state-financed system, saying it would limit choices available to women.

33.   Government leaders appealed for calm Friday as some traders and residents of Kuala Lumpur denounced the protests as disruptive, pro-government newspapers said Friday.

34.   He said President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah had left the country, and that the coup leaders would appeal to Nigeria to release rebel leader Fodeh Sankoh.

35.   He said the coup leaders would appeal to Nigeria to release rebel leader Foday Sankoh, who was arrested in March for attempting to smuggle in guns.

36.   His grieving family and Orange Order leaders appealed Thursday for a halt to the violence before his funeral.

37.   Hong Kong leader appeals to Japan for help.

38.   In a communique, the leaders appealed to the international community to send emergency aid to war-devastated Republic of Congo.

39.   In a statement issued in Srinagar, capital of the Jammu-Kashmir state Monday, a top Kashmiri leader appealed to the kidnappers to set the Westerners free.

40.   Instead, regional Solidarity leaders appealed to right-wing parties to put forward a single candidate they could support in presidential elections scheduled for the fall.