The reason safe-haven legislation is being introduced in New York and other states is the disturbing increase in newborns being abandoned and murdered.

In a separate report HRW stated: "During 1992 there was an extremely disturbing increase in the number of suspicious deaths in southeast Turkey.

The Economic Policy Institute and the National Employment Law Project, in a joint analysis of newly released data, reported a disturbing increase in long-term joblessness.

But in recent years, there's been a disturbing increase among people under 40, partly linked to drug users in California.

While crime overall has continued to decline since the first of the year, there has been a disturbing recent increase in shootings in the city.

The second bulletin talked about a "disturbing increase" in robberies and talked about the arrest of two 16-year-olds believed to be involved in the crimes.

With several serious injuries, including six concussions, Lindros personifies this disturbing increase in brain trauma.

It's not a brand new gadget, but it recently came into my life as a result of a disturbing increase in chatter among my peers.

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom says India was added to the list because of a "disturbing increase" in religious violence.

But the consequence, Mr. Sandler and Mr. Enders write, was a "disturbing increase in assassinations of officials and military personnel outside of protected compounds."