The incident began unfolding Monday morning, when SMU police called their Dallas counterparts "asking for assistance with an individual who jumped out of a vehicle and ran from them, " said Dallas Police Department Assistant Chief Thomas Lawrence.

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Since Allen is not a California resident, Simpson's attorneys are asking Missouri for assistance in requiring Allen to appear in Los Angeles.

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He sent a message, a personal message to the leader of Turkey, Prime Minister Erdogan, asking for his assistance to speak out against the violence.

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Herschel's sister, Esther who later died in Auschwitz sent a postcard to her brother in Paris asking him for urgent assistance.

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In effect, Pataki was asking for federal disaster assistance.

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He said the search would be limited to daylight hours and would be assisted by dog teams on Thursday and that the force was not asking for any more public assistance at this stage.

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"We are asking the Premier League for their assistance, this is a very new area for them, " said Andronikou.

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Meantime, reports said Spain is moving closer to formally asking the European Union for further financial assistance.

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The index rebounded slightly after a Cypriot finance ministry official attempted to clarify the statement by saying the country isn't asking for more money, but for structural and technical assistance to restore its economy.

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The state has requested a "pre-landfall" declaration from President Bush, asking the federal government to release personnel, ambulances and other assistance to prepare for the storm.

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