51.   Chinese state media carried brief reports today on the crossings, noting that Taiwan still bans direct travel from its main island to mainland China.

52.   Chief Medical Officer Sir Kenneth Calman would be visiting the island soon to assess the situation first hand, Cook said.

53.   Chinese state media carried brief reports Wednesday on the crossings, noting that Taiwan still bans direct travel from its main island to mainland China.

54.   Cuban officials began evacuating families in the west of the island to shelters.

55.   Deadly snowstorms plagued southeast Europe for a second day Sunday, shutting down transport services and trapping villages in snow, from Greek holiday islands to the Danube River.

56.   Deadly snowstorms struck southeast Europe for a second day Sunday, shutting down transport services and trapping villages in snow, from Greek holiday islands to the Danube River.

57.   Doppler radar detected scattered to numerous light showers moving rapidly southwestward from Aguadilla west through the northern slopes of the island to the vicinity of San Juan.

58.   Dozens of drab green trucks shuttled the veterans around the island to the sites of some of the worst fighting.

59.   Early on Thursday, another DEA agent said Caribbean officials were helping traffickers use their islands to ship drugs to American and European markets.

60.   Forest fires in Indonesia pushed the air pollution index in Kuching on the Malaysian portion of Borneo island to an all time high on Tuesday, officials said.