11.   Teachers were contacted by telephone and asked questions about their experience completing the application process.

12.   The chief of staff of the rebels, contacted by telephone Sunday, admitted losing some territory, but immediately vowed to win it back.

13.   The sites assert that such wording did not rule out mail and telephone contacts in addition to e-mail messages.

14.   Varela, contacted by telephone, denied doing anything wrong, but acknowledged he was being investigated by authorities in Guatemala for the Hampson adoption.

15.   Voters were contacted by telephone a day after Dole confirmed that he was picking Kemp, a former congressman and Housing secretary, to round out the ticket.

16.   Villagers contacted by telephone said the police shot at least nine male civilians to death on Sunday.

17.   Police and prosecutors contacted by telephone in Qingdao said they knew nothing about the cases.

18.   Police as well as port authority officials contacted by telephone by The Associated Press confirmed that the accident had occurred, but they refused to provide details.

19.   Police contacted by telephone in Rhodes said that residents remained calm despite the strength of the quake.

20.   Police contacted by telephone refused to talk to foreign reporters except to say they are still investigating the cause of the explosion, which left no survivors.