11.   The enthusiatic denial comes days after Kabila made an unannounced trip to Switzerland for what the Swiss Foreign Ministry described as a private visit.

12.   The denial came a day after racism in Australia was discussed in talks between Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer and his Malaysian counterpart, Abdullah Badawi.

13.   The travel denial came after Showtime vice president Roy Langbord wrote to Ohio probation officials on Monday, asking that Tyson be allowed to make the trip.

14.   After a series of highly-publicised spats over the Saudi role in the US-led campaign on terror, denials came quickly from both sides.

15.   The Al-Faran denial came a day after the appeal from relatives for the release of their loved ones.

16.   The denial came after the United Nations reported relief agencies were building a new refugee camp in eastern Zaire to accommodate thousands of Burundians fleeing violence in their homeland.

17.   The denial came from Francois Guisolphe, president of AEC, the US affiliate of the Franco-German group Eurocopter.

18.   The denial came in reaction to a report by German NDR radio, which said the incident occurred on Thursday as Schroeder was travelling to Uzbekistan.

19.   The denial came after Chechen spokesman Movladi Udugov had earlier told Moscow Echo Radio that federal Russian forces had attacked Chechen positions in Grozny.

20.   The denial came from secretary Saipudi Khasanov.