31.   President Ernesto Zedillo, who was also in Chiapas on Wednesday, dismissed the assertion that there are uninhabitable zones in the state because of violence.

32.   Stoiber dismissed that assertion.

33.   The Palestinian journalists dismissed the assertion that they were in the crowd.

34.   Addressing a raucous session of parliament, Gonzalez dismissed opposition assertions that he was ulimately responsible for the bugging by the secret service agency, known as the CESID.

35.   The king dismissed Israeli assertions that they were facing a security problem in their relations with the Palestinians.