11.   I ask through the steam.

12.   I asked through an interpreter.

13.   One employee asked through the door who the man worked for, but heard only mumbles in reply.

14.   Sen. Howard Baker, R-Tenn., asked through his own laughter.

15.   Shanley, asked through a friend for an interview, has not responded.

16.   Who was he, they asked through an interpreter.

17.   Another official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Cuba had asked through diplomatic channels that Fernandez Pupo be returned to Cuba.

18.   Another U.S. official said that Cuba had asked through diplomatic channels that Fernandez Pupo be returned.

19.   Another official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press in Washington that Cuba had asked through diplomatic channels that Fernandez Pupo be returned.

20.   He said the United States was asking through diplomatic channels that Pakistan investigate.