31.   While several discrimination claims have been verified by USDA investigators, monetary settlements have not been made.

32.   Peterson said those claims would be verified.

33.   Police have yet to verify the claim or identify the killer.

34.   Pakistani police officials said they had no previous knowledge of the group and could not verify the claim, but were investigating it.

35.   A Defense Ministry official in the Angolan capital Luanda, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the government was trying to verify the claims.

36.   A caller to The Associated Press had claimed the attack on behalf of the group, but the claim was never verified.

37.   Although the message appeared authentic, there was no way to verify the claim.

38.   Because of the remoteness of the area, which is several hundred miles from the capital of Kabul, it is impossible to independently verify the claims.

39.   Bombay police and intelligence officers have visited Australia, Britain and the United States to verify the claims made by Afroz.

40.   But Haider said the claim was not verified.