31.   Defense officials refused to discuss the nature of the threat that prompted the security concerns.

32.   Israel wants to discuss the nature of the peace before dealing with land.

33.   Officials at Nysabya Hospital on the outskirts of Kampala said Okello was admitted Wednesday but declined to discuss the nature of his illness.

34.   Police would not discuss the nature of the photos or the amount of money demanded.

35.   Quigley refused to discuss the nature of the threat that prompted the security concerns.

36.   She declined to discuss the nature of the threat.

37.   She refused to discuss the nature of the request.

38.   The book also discusses the nature of modern usury and argues that people, their governments and environment are increasingly powerless before it.

39.   Kang was unwilling to discuss the nature of the talks with reporters but posed for photographs in a rare show of Northern solidarity with the South.

40.   Mende refused to confirm to AFP that he had been called to the ministry or discuss the nature of any talks there.