The news prompted warnings that the disease may soon reach the epidemic levels reported elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa.

Frightening Dimensions' The surge in street violence has prompted warnings by political leaders and representatives of minorities.

A12 A suicide in Germany prompts warnings about spy revelations.

The plan has prompted warnings about privacy invasion and the abuse of defendants' rights.

The proposal has prompted warnings that it will undermine the quality of care and possibly lead to rationing.

Other new technologies, from cars to credit cards, have prompted dire warnings that they would bring a flood of crime.

But it is not uncommon for children to wander into the rooms of patients, prompting warnings to parents, he said.

"There was sufficient intelligence that should have prompted warnings," one Defense Department official said, summarizing the commission's findings.

It has already prompted warnings from human rights advocates, who said they feared potential abuses by security forces in the name of restoring law and order.

Youth unemployment - those aged 16 to 24 - went over 1 million, prompting warnings of a "lost generation".