31.   The Russian assualt was hampered by snow and fog, the agency quoted the statement as saying, but reinforcements had managed to break through.

32.   The reformist daily Hambasteghi, quoting a statement by the provincial security council, said the interior ministry had forbidden all further rallies in Isfahan.

33.   The Taiwanese report quoted the statement as saying ethnic Uighur dissidents based in Kazakhstan had claimed responsibility for the attack.

34.   Marandi did not quote the statement he objected to, but Brundtland attacked hypocrisy on the opening day of the conference on Monday.

35.   Quoting a statement from the Albanian Information Centre in Kosovo, the independent Yugoslav agency said that the mosques were in the town of Pec.

36.   The agency quoted a statement by Dudayev late Saturday.

37.   The agency, quoting a statement issued by the American embassy in Ethiopia, said an investigation was underway to determine who was behind the attack Sunday evening.

38.   The authorities have banned sale, distribution and stocking of the book in Bangladesh, they quoted a statement as saying.

39.   The news agency was quoting a statement by Dudayev on Saturday evening.

40.   The radio, which quoted a statement from Foreign Minister James Wapakhabulo, did not say how the money would be chanelled.