31.   He refused to speculate why Japanese officials would have delayed the Russian visas, and no Japanese officials were immediately available for comment in Hakuba.

32.   He refused to speculate why Japanese officials would have delayed the Russian visas, and no Japanese officials were immediately available for comment in Hakuba or Tokyo.

33.   Israeli officials also delayed a plane making a stopover from Saudi Arabia to Cairo, it said.

34.   Israeli security officials delayed two planes from taking off from the Palestinian airport on Wednesday, marking the latest tensions in a rare area of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation.

35.   Israeli security officials delayed two planes from taking off from the Palestinian airport on Wednesday, the latest tensions in a rare area of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation.

36.   Local officials delayed the convoy, refusing to honor documents guaranteeing free passage.

37.   Many Paris shares began trading late, after officials delayed dealings amid an overbalance of sell orders.

38.   Meanwhile, Rwandan officials delayed permission for an advance force of the Canadian military to land at Kigali airport, a Kigali-based Canadian diplomat said.

39.   Muslim officials delay mosque opening.

40.   Officials delayed the service, originally scheduled for Friday, due to the slow job of recovering and identifying the dead.