31.   Throughout the day, government officials, with Duhalde in the lead, offered mixed signals and signs of confusion on how to deal with the deepening crisis.

32.   Yamaichi Securities Co. is the third large Japanese financial institution to fail in the last month, another sign of deepening financial crises across Asia.

33.   A deepening banking crisis, for instance, could suffocate Asian economies which rely heavily on Japan.

34.   A deepening financial crisis next door in South Korea also held down gains on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

35.   Across Europe, commentators expressed alarm at the deepening political crisis.

36.   Also Monday, Balkan foreign ministers meeting in Turkey criticized Yugoslavia for human rights abuses in Kosovo but failed to agree on a joint declaration on the deepening crisis.

37.   An overnight meeting of the Serbian government underscored the deepening crisis.

38.   As Austrian political leaders scrambled to avert a government collapse, commentators across Europe expressed alarm at the deepening political crisis.

39.   Aritonang said he was optimistic that the police could improve security and reduce crime rates further in Greater Jakarta despite the deepening economic crisis.

40.   As parents are caught in the deepening economic crisis, municipal schools under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration schools have drawn an increasing number of students.