1.   Belarus has met the criticism with growing irritation.

2.   It has been fanned by growing irritation among many members of the United Nations over what they perceive as a go-it-alone attitude in Washington.

3.   On the secular left, there was growing irritation at the pronouncements of the rabbis.

4.   The appearance of ads in newsgroups has been of growing irritation to many Usenet veterans -- and some newcomers.

5.   The growing Korean auto market remains virtually closed to imports while Korean manufacturers step up their exports, to the growing irritation of Western automakers.

6.   The stark evidence of growing irritation with Clinton in California, with no end to the slide in sight, may have profound implications for the president.

7.   Philippine air force planes will continue surveillance flights over the disputed Spratly Islands despite growing Chinese irritation, President Joseph Estrada said Thursday.

8.   Cuba says UN vote shows growing irritation with US sanctions.

9.   The French proposal underscored growing irritation in Western Europe at being sidelined in the Mideast peace process though the EU is the biggest aid donor to the Palestinians.

10.   The French proposal underscored growing irritation in Western Europe at being sidelined in the Mideast peace process though the EU is the biggest donor of aid to the Palestinians.