1.   A man who spread anthrax panic late last year remained in the Palm Beach County Jail Friday, charged with making threats of mass destruction.

2.   The plague epidemic spread panic both in the country and abroad with several nations imposing trade embargos and curbs on travellers and cargo from India.

3.   The sound of gunfire spread panic across the capital, an AFP correspondent reported.

4.   US Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan spread panic among investors when he suggested that equities were overvalued.