21.   North Korean Embassy officials referred queries on the matter to the Thai Foreign Ministry.

22.   Officials did not identify the victims by name or hometown and referred queries from The Associated Press to British consular offices, which were closed.

23.   Police in Puerto Rico referred a query about Jimenez Hernandez to the FBI offices in San Juan.

24.   The German Embassy in Cairo referred queries to the Foreign Ministry in Bonn, where a spokesman was not available.

25.   The Mexican embassy refused to comment, and referred all queries to the police.

26.   The spokesman, who gave only his surname, Sakamoto, provided no other details, referring queries to customs authorities, who were unreachable Saturday evening.

27.   The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh referred all queries to the Pentagon on Sunday.

28.   Three American soldiers stationed in a house in this town in eastern Bosnia refused to answer questions about the attacks incident, referring all queries to peace force statements.

29.   World Bank officials in Bangkok referred queries for more details to headquarters in Washington.

30.   In the past, embassy officials refused to comment on events in Burma and referred all queries to Rangoon.