31.   In early April, the U.S. State Department warned American citizens against going to Israel because of the deteriorating security situation.

32.   In high-risk security situations, more sophisticated tools are needed.

33.   It may also relinquish control before elections in Ramallah and Bethlehem, near Jerusalem, but that depends on the security situation, Israeli officials say.

34.   Israeli officials say the troops will leave the remaining towns when the security situation permits.

35.   Officials said they would assess the security situation before allowing the American investigators to return to Yemen.

36.   President Vladimir Putin made a surprise trip to the Mozdok military base near Chechnya Wednesday night to review the deteriorating security situation in the secessionist republic.

37.   Relief organizations have been unable to reach the refugees with desperately needed food and medicine because of the security situation.

38.   Sharon may put off plans to travel to Washington and London in early November because of the security situation here, officials said.

39.   That limitation was more a result of the apprehensions of the nations contributing the troops than of any real appraisal of the security situation.

40.   That does not mean that there was not a faulty security situation at the lab.