21.  When he refused, they put him under house arrest, announced a nationwide state of emergency and rolled tanks into Moscow.

22.  Berisha had parliament decree a nationwide state of emergency over the weekend in response to widespread rioting in the south of the country.

23.  Local media suggested that President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada may be considering a nationwide state of emergency, but authorities dismissed this as speculation.

24.  Mobutu Tuesday decreed a nationwide state of emergency, amid unrest in the capital and with rebels controlling the eastern third of the country.

25.  Mobutu the previous day decreed a nationwide state of emergency in an apparent bid to stop the march by supporters of Etienne Tshisekedi.

26.  Shortly after the devastating bomb attack, Kumaratunga suspended her talks with the LTTE and declared a nationwide state of emergency coupled with an indefinite nighttime curfew.

27.  She declared a nationwide state of emergency and an indefinite curfew.

28.  That incident led the right-wing Italian government to impose a nationwide state of emergency to deal with the rising tide of desperate asylum seekers.

29.  The cufew was imposed as part of a nationwide state of emergency that was delcared amid an upsurge in the rioting in the south of the country.

30.  The incident on Monday prompted authorities to declare a nationwide state of emergency to combat the growing problem of illegal immigrants.