21.   Authorities have refused to confirm the allegation.

22.   Authorities have refused to discuss a motive and those who know the teens have expressed shock and disbelief that they could be linked to the gruesome crime.

23.   Authorities refuse to return it or issue him a new one.

24.   Authorities refused to speculate on the identity of the bombers or what their motives might be.

25.   Authorities have refused to say whether Cooke also is under investigation.

26.   Authorities refused to name the other suspects because they are not yet in custody.

27.   After the war, Austrian authorities refused to allow Jewish families who had fled into exile to retrieve their artworks and take them abroad.

28.   Aleksovski was arrested in Croatia almost a year ago but authorities refused to send him to the Hague, saying he was ill.

29.   British authorities refused to say where Pinochet is being held, nor did they set a date for when he would be questioned.

30.   But African authorities have so far refused to allow relief groups to organize road convoys.