1.   But the escalating crisis May now force Western leaders to use military air power to protect relief efforts.

2.   Concern about the escalating crisis in Yugoslavia prompted some Western Foreign Ministers to call for broader powers for the CSCE to intervene in internal conflicts.

3.   But the agency also has come under criticism for what was perceived as an early lapse in communication with the public about the rapidly escalating crisis.

4.   On the escalating crisis in Macedonia, the ministers condemned Albanian rebels and called on them to lay down their arms.

5.   Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov was on his way to Washington when he responded to the escalating crisis by directing his pilot to return to Russia.

6.   The escalating economic crisis in Asia may be just the news the Federal Reserve needs to hold interest rates steady in the U.S. for the near future.

7.   The escalating crisis has led to a bitter round of finger-pointing.

8.   There, she was expected to discuss the escalating Iraq crisis and also the deadlocked Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

9.   A new round of Russian-led diplomacy showed little sign of an imminent breakthrough to end the escalating crisis.

10.   At an evening press conference, Justice Minister Benk Korthals said extra police were being drafted in to deal with the escalating crisis.