41.   Bauc was fired last week for what Buzek said was his slowness in alerting the government to the deteriorating financial situation.

42.   Before reaching Egypt Tuesday, Pique met with King Abdullah II of Jordan to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories.

43.   Berrocal Soto said the council also endorsed efforts by West African states to implement the agreement and expressed concern about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country.

44.   Bosnia and Croatia issued a joint request for a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss the involvement of Croatian Serbs in the fighting and the deteriorating situation in Bosnia.

45.   But he blamed Hezbollah for the deteriorating situation, saying the Iranian-backed fighters were trying to create tensions and prevent progress toward an agreement.

46.   But UNHCR was compelled to repeat its plea because of the deteriorating situation, the statement said.

47.   Christopher and Perry restated the U.S. Bosnian position on television Sunday as American, French and British military chiefs met in London on the deteriorating situation.

48.   Concerned about mounting fighting in Afghanistan, the Security Council called Wednesday for peace talks and warned of a deteriorating humanitarian situation.

49.   Earlier, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Anatoly Murakhovsky said they were concerned over the deteriorating situation in Bosnia.

50.   Explosions in Sarajevo Thursday were a further sign of the deteriorating situation.