31.   The report placed hope in a possible recovery in spending in the United States for the Japanese economy.

32.   The report also places Speth, an American, as the head of one of four management groups to coordinate various U.N. operations.

33.   Various reports had placed him in Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Florida.

34.   Various reports have placed him at the head of the anti-Pol Pot rebels or as a hostage of Pol Pot.

35.   Various sketchy reports have placed bin Laden anywhere from the Russian republic of Chechnya to Iraq or Somalia.

36.   Various reports had placed Schneider in Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Florida.

37.   An earlier report had placed the civilians death toll at seven.

38.   Broadcast reports placed the death toll at nine.

39.   Conflicting reports have placed bin Laden as huddled inside the caves of Tora Bora, elsewhere in Afghanistan, in Pakistan or even in Iran.

40.   Contradictory reports have placed him in China, Cuba, Russia and several former Soviet republics.