41.   Letters containing the powder were sent to a laboratory in the United Kingdom for analysis of the substance.

42.   Meanwhile, workers at a Melbourne newspaper office were also on alert after five suspect letters were delivered, one containing powder.

43.   Norwegian peacekeepers serving with the KFOR force in Kosovo found a letter containing white powder during a routine patrol, the military announced Wednesday.

44.   On the Greek island of Rhodes, police arrested a man who had sent a letter containing white powder to a family friend as a joke.

45.   On Monday, the Italian news agency ANSA said the Vatican post office last week received a suspicious envelope containing white powder.

46.   Other embassies said they had gone on alert for possible mail containing powder that could include anthrax spores.

47.   On Tuesday, four letters containing white powder were taken to government laboratories to be tested for anthrax.

48.   Russian postal workers in Siberia intercepted a suspicious letter, addressed to former President Boris Yeltsin, that contained white powder, officials said Wednesday.

49.   The building was also evacuated in the fall after a deputy opened a letter containing white powder.

50.   The Almaty office of the National Bank of Kazakstan was shut down Friday after receiving a suspicious letter containing white powder.