1.   The Clinton administration emphasized the positive news in the report, which was delayed two weeks by the partial government shutdown and subsequent snow that paralyzed the capital.

2.   Opposition leaders have condemned the French intervention in a military mutiny that has paralyzed the capital for six weeks.

3.   At the same time, authorities agreed to pay back salaries to Belgrade transport workers, defusing a planned strike that could have paralyzed the capital this week.

4.   At the same time, authorities agreed to pay back salaries to Belgrade transport workers, apparently defusing a planned strike that could have paralyzed the capital this week.

5.   At the same time, authorities paid back salaries to Belgrade transport workers, defusing a planned strike that could have paralyzed the capital this week.

6.   For the past month, officials from the Southern African Development Community have been trying to mediate as opposition strikes paralyzed the capital of Maseru.

7.   For the second time in two days, an anti-government general strike paralyzed the capital Tuesday, and some businessmen urged the opposition to stop such protests.

8.   The capital was paralyzed in the worst rioting in decades as uncertainty grew over the political future of Indonesia.

9.   The president and his chief rival agreed to halt fierce clashes that have paralyzed the capital for a month, spokesmen for both sides said Saturday.

10.   The runoff from torrential rains that started Friday night overwhelmed a network of rivers in Jakarta, paralyzing the capital.