41.   In the southern city of Kandahar, where U.S.-led coalition forces have established their largest base, an active threat remained from armed holdouts.

42.   Iraq relented on Saturday, and U.S. President Bill Clinton accepted the deal Sunday but warned that the threat of force remained.

43.   Marseille is famous for its labor unrest and radical politics, and the threat of violence remained.

44.   NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana insists the threat of airstrikes remains.

45.   Now Juergen Schmidt is planning repairs, even as the flood threat remains high.

46.   Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Tuesday the threat of war remained real as long as troops were nose-to-nose on the Kashmir border.

47.   Rep. John Sweeney, a member of the House Transportation appropriations subcommittee, said federal law enforcement officials indicated that terrorist threats remain.

48.   Stahl said while the department believes the risk of mosquitoes transmitting the virus to humans is low, officials also believe the threat will not remain isolated in Stamford.

49.   That is business that the British bookies say they can live without, as long as the threat of prosecution remains.

50.   That threat remained open Tuesday, with the Kosovo Albanian pledge to sign within two weeks.