31.   Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, predicted the proposed rule would be overturned in court and said he is examining ways to thwart the plan legislatively.

32.   Singapore said a videotape and other al-Qaida materials seized in Afghanistan helped thwart the plans.

33.   Stiff headwinds had thwarted her plans to leave a day earlier.

34.   That investigation could thwart any plans to deport Hamadi, the magazine said.

35.   The army enforced an open-ended curfew before first light Thursday, bringing the country to a standstill and thwarting plans for street protests over worsening living conditions.

36.   The government announced last Thursday that they had thwarted the plan to kill Mainassara.

37.   The government deployed tanks and troops Thursday to thwart labor union plans for street demonstrations and a nationwide strike to protest the deteriorating economy.

38.   The normally bustling streets of Lebanon came to a standstill Thursday after the army imposed a curfew to thwart union plans for protests against worsening living conditions.

39.   The protesters claimed to have thwarted Navy plans to begin the bombing on Saturday.

40.   The normally bustling streets of Lebanon came to a standstill Thursday after the army imposed a curfew to thwart union plans for protests over worsening living conditions.