31.   But as great a priority, the ministers said, is to enforce existing sanctions.

32.   But increasingly, church leaders are expanding youth programs beyond religious education and the occasional ice cream social or trip to a pro baseball game, youth ministers say.

33.   But some worried Cabinet ministers said that if the allegations were true, Netanyahu and his government would have to step down.

34.   But some ministers said there was insufficient evidence of the Palestinian assertion that they had arrested more than a dozen fugitives wanted by the Israelis.

35.   Children were evacuated from schools and the minister of education said that classes would suspended until next week so that inspectors could inspect those buildings.

36.   Denouncing the drug-enforcement chief as a turncoat, the minister said Gutierrez Rebollo had suffered a heart attack when confronted with evidence of his treason.

37.   Domestically, investors should expect stability, the minister said.

38.   Deputy industry minister Soroka said the government is committed to selling FSO to Daewoo.

39.   Earlier, in the day, a minister says he was purged from voting lists for an erroneous felony accusation.

40.   European Union finance ministers said they reached an accord to deter members of a single European currency from overspending.