21.   Velupillai declined to confirm the reported comments.

22.   He also said he had not received official notice of the reported comments by Sakakibara.

23.   Her widely reported comments drew the ire of many in the government who accused her of embarrassing the country and doing little to improve the situation she complained about.

24.   He said he supported reported recent comments by Chinese President Jiang Zemin that EU-China relations were the best of any time in history.

25.   He was reacting to reported comments by Frank Wisner the US ambassador to India, who told the Times of India that the sale was off.

26.   Albania protested strongly Tuesday over reported comments by junior Italian foreign minister Peiro Fassino that beleaguered Albanian President Sali Berisha should resign.

27.   Belo has been the target of a virulent campaign in Jakarta because of reported anti-Indonesia comments.

28.   Burns said he had not spoken to Simpson but addressed a reported comment from the ambassador that Zaire had lost its strategic importance in the post-Cold War world.

29.   The reported comment triggered public outrage, with members of opposition parties reiterating their mistrust in the Koizumi government.

30.   The Saudi defense minister, in reported comments that were later disavowed, also sounded a note of discord over US plans to move troops to more secure locations.