41.   Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Friday called on agriculture and health authorities to strengthen inspection methods and assuage public concerns.

42.   The declaration was intended to assuage concerns in Panama and elsewhere that Cuba would execute Posada.

43.   The speech will set out his policies on security and assuage concerns that his hard line on the Palestinians may endanger the peace process.

44.   Walt Disney World President Al Weiss met with Arab and Muslim leaders in Washington several weeks ago to assuage their concerns.

45.   Weiss met with Arab and Muslim leaders in Washington several weeks ago to assuage their concerns.

46.   However, that condemnation did little to assuage the concerns of Israel or the United States.

47.   Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee headed to the hills for a brief vacation Friday, assuaging concerns of an imminent invasion of neighbouring Pakistan.

48.   But his response has done little to assuage the concerns of Islamic groups in the United States.

49.   Eager to assuage Arab concerns, Powell delivered several stern messages to Israel to begin pulling back from the West Bank.

50.   The United States is also prepared to offer financial aid, membership in the Group of Seven and a broader role in other international clubs to assuage Russian concerns.