31.   Preliminary figures show that seizures of heroin remained steady last year while seizures of amphetamine-type stimulants skyrocketed.

32.   Preliminary figures suggest February will be the second-highest month on record for the booming Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.

33.   Aziz noted that preliminary figures show Pakistan outperformed the revised forecast.

34.   But preliminary figures for June show the recent downturn in financial markets is already affecting foreign direct investment flows to the country, suggesting the relief may be short-lived.

35.   But the preliminary figures, released Monday, prompted the hard-line chairman of the electoral supervision board to announce that he would challenge the results.

36.   It declined to release preliminary figures.

37.   It did not elaborate on the preliminary figures.

38.   It does not release preliminary figures.

39.   It said the preliminary figure came from the General Department of Statistics.

40.   Officials of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games will present preliminary financial figures to the IOC executive board Thursday in Cancun, Mexico.