21.  This warning followed similar statements relayed to administration officials by John W. Lewis, a Stanford University political scientist who meets frequently with senior Chinese military figures here.

22.  But Israel said such statements were not followed up by arrests of militants.

23.  His visit is considered an attempt by Washington to ease Taiwanese feelings of insecurity following statements by President Bill Clinton in China this summer that badly rattled Taiwan.

24.  His statements follows statements by other U.S. officials that American patience is running out.

25.  Investigators focused on the mine, following statements by Dutroux and his wife Michelle Martin, who has been jailed as an accomplice to her husband.

26.  Its reported recapture followed a statement Saturday by the Kurdistan Democratic Party that PUK forces backed by Iranian troops and artillery crossed into Iraq from Iran on Friday.

27.  Its reported recapture followed a statement made on Saturday that PUK forces backed by Iranian troops and artillery crossed into Iraq from Iran on Friday.

28.  Police said they had identified a suspect, following a statement given by an eyewitness, and plan to make an arrest over the weekend.

29.  The announcement followed statements by European Christian Democrat leaders last week that Turkey should not be admitted to the European Union.

30.  The deaths followed statements made by the Palestinian justice minister, Freih Abu Medein, who said Arabs who sold land to Jews deserved the death penalty.