101.   Press reports speculated that the trio had gone to Kusadasi to discuss means of investing in casinos in a bid to take over the gambling market.

102.   Press reports had earlier speculated that the US bank Merrill Lynch would be in charge of managing the loan.

103.   Press reports had speculated that Vranitzky might choose a party meeting on Sunday to announce his decision to quit as chancellor and Social Democratic party leader.

104.   Press reports speculated that Garcia Abrego had paid millions of dollars in bribes to escape INCD custody.

105.   Reports have also speculated that Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha could be replaced.

106.   Some reports had speculated that he might have been murdered by hardliners ahead of the planned historic summit with South Korea.

107.   The hospital at the time said Sinatra had a pinched nerve but press reports speculated he had more serious medical woes.

108.   The news could also prove troublesome for the US administration, which has linked itself closely to the Mexican government, the report speculated.