41.   A duty officer at Air Sofia office in the Bulgarian capital also declined to comment.

42.   A duty officer at Drottningholm declined to comment on the report, saying no information would be available until Monday morning.

43.   A duty officer at the Balkhash fire brigade said the fire was localized Wednesday evening but had not yet been extinguished.

44.   A duty officer at the European Union mission in Mostar said it was the EU that would decide.

45.   A duty officer at the FSB head office refused to comment on the case.

46.   A duty officer at the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping force on the island said no spokesman was available to comment on the reports.

47.   A duty officer at the hospital who gave only his last name, Zhou, confirmed Cao was a patient there but claimed to have no further information.

48.   A duty officer at the Pervomaisky station denied the treatment of detainees was inhumane.

49.   A duty officer at the Turkish Embassy on Saturday refused to comment on the claims.

50.   A duty officer at the U.S. Embassy in Prague said he had no information on the crash or its victims.