31.   Police have not given the official toll.

32.   The authorities have not issued an official toll.

33.   The Algerian press on Thursday carried contradictory casualty figures from the prison violence and stated that no official toll was available.

34.   The authorities have made no comment on the raids and issued no official toll.

35.   The commander of the Daloa military region announced the first official toll of the violence to a government delegation headed by Defence Minister Leon Konan Koffi.

36.   The blast was not confirmed by the authorities and no official toll was available.

37.   The fate of the hostages was not immediately clear, and no official toll was released by early afternoon.

38.   The figures have not been confirmed by the Algerian government, which over the past year has not released official tolls of army operations against Islamic fundamentalists.

39.   The Jamaa Islamiyya claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in southern Egypt last Monday when eight policemen and three civilians were killed, according to an official toll.

40.   The last official toll of Russian losses, since separatists launched their assault last Tuesday was made public on Sunday.