11.  He said a longstanding neutrality law prohibits provocative actions in peacetime.

12.  He also said his security forces would avoid provocative action but would remain deployed in strength around the compound.

13.  Nonetheless, they have urged both Koreas to refrain from provocative actions.

14.  Primakov, speaking at a news conference in Moscow, said his ministry has urged Iraqi leaders to avoid provocative actions that escalate tensions in the region.

15.  Saddam, the diplomats said, was unlikely to take any provocative actions before the sanctions review, but will surely be disappointed if they are renewed as expected.

16.  The allies also demanded that all armed ethnic Albanian elements in the province must immediately cease hostilities and any provocative action.

17.  The State Department on Friday called on both sides to avoid provocative action and specifically criticized Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon for visiting a holy site in Jerusalem.

18.  The United States moved two aircraft carrier groups into position near Taiwan in a warning to China not to take more provocative action.

19.  The United States urged India and Pakistan to take more decisive steps to keep provocative actions by extremists from escalating into a nuclear conflagration.

20.  Tightly ringed by bodyguards, he warned over a bullhorn that the protests might spread if Israel continued provocative actions.