11.   The authors of the report said their findings confirmed a complaint of supporters of the death penalty who say the appeals process takes a long time.

12.   The American findings confirm earlier reports from the U.N. drug control program.

13.   The doors and windows of the chapel were bolted from the outside, the preliminary investigation findings confirm.

14.   The finding confirms early suspicions that transferring genes to food plants posed such risks.

15.   The findings confirm prior research by the Guttmacher Institute.

16.   The findings confirm the description given in an account by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, which some scholars have long regarded with skepticism.

17.   The new findings confirm that crucial prediction.

18.   The NTSB findings confirm early speculation that pilot error caused the crash.

19.   The survey findings confirm that Japanese are rapidly changing their notions about marriage and the family.

20.   A researcher not involved in the study said the findings confirm earlier reports and represent a challenge to the government to get doctors to improve.