21.   Meanwhile, a reported threat of intervention by an influential Japanese finance official set off profit-taking that pulled the U.S. dollar down against the Japanese yen.

22.   The reported threat came after Wang filed suit against Beijing police and appealed for a court order to stop the constant police surveillance.

23.   Tudor was expected to give a live interview on national radio later Thursday to discuss the reported threat on his life.

24.   Ferguson pulled back from reported threats to quit Old Trafford following a prolonged contract wrangle by agreeing to sign the new deal.

25.   However, he declined to say where the reported threats had come from.

26.   India pledged Friday to take up with world leaders the reported threat to two ancient Buddha statues from the radical Taliban militia in central Afghanistan.

27.   Abdullah then confirmed that he had not been informed of the reported threat.

28.   Abdullah confirmed that he had not been informed of the reported threat.

29.   An international expert, meanwhile, said a reported Sudanese threat to cut off the Nile waters to Egypt was pure fantasy.

30.   Both left the country because of reported threats from radicals and now live in Germany.