11.   Salvadoran Football Federation President Juan Torres confirmed on Thursday that an investigation was underway but said he found it difficult to believe the allegations.

12.   Republican congressmen who will investigate the fund-raising do not believe allegations that Taiwanese politicians sought to contribute illegally to the Democrats, Haley Barbour said.

13.   The chief agent of the National Bureau of Investigation in the city, Onus Mangotara, said he does not believe the allegations against Scheer.

14.   A spokesman for Netanyahu said he called Peres in Sweden late Sunday to assure him he did not believe the allegations.