41.   Wednesday the group issued a public appeal for calm.

42.   While the industry rejected the major changes for existing planes, the group may issue strict design rules for new aircraft.

43.   Outside consultants later found that Greenpeace had overstated the threat and the environmental group issued a public apology.

44.   A prison watchdog group has issued a report that blasts authorities for violence and overcrowding in jails around the world.

45.   A WWF spokesman said the group will issue a statement later Thursday.

46.   Believed to be Iranian-backed, the Shiite Muslim group regularly issues statements from its offices in London and Beirut that criticize the Al Khalifa dynasty.

47.   Believed to be Iranian-backed, the Shiite Muslim group regularly issues statements from its offices in London and Beirut that lambast the Al Khalifa dynasty.

48.   Both groups have issued statements warning people not to travel.

49.   Both groups have issued communiques in various warning people not to travel.

50.   But while anti-abortion groups issued statements comparing abortion to murder, there were no protests at the hospitals and clinics now offering to terminate pregnancies.