41.   You cannot attend any gathering of women without hearing about the agony of episiotomy and the ecstasy of breast feeding.

42.   Yet, another US official said he believed the government warnings made it safer for people to attend public gatherings.

43.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, meanwhile, dropped plans to attend a gathering of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Qatar, which began Monday.

44.   A group attending a Lutheran Church convention in eastern Germany found swastikas sprayed on their buses Sunday, two days after neo-Nazi skinheads attacked three youths attending the gathering.

45.   Aidid and other faction leaders refused to attend the gathering unless their clan-based political factions were recognized.

46.   Aidid and other faction leaders refused to attend the gathering in Arta unless their clan-based political factions were recognized.

47.   Although still a legal party, no UNITA representatives attended the gathering.

48.   An Iranian diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said his government was not interested in attending the gathering.

49.   But a witness who attended the gathering was hazy on when it occurred.

50.   Bush attended a gathering of Pacific Rim leaders in Shanghai on Saturday as U.S. special forces moved into Afghanistan and a global anthrax scare continued.