41.   Brunei officials denied aliens had entered their compound.

42.   But China claimed Japanese consular officials allowed the guards to enter the compound, and accused Japan of overreacting.

43.   But China claimed Japanese consular officials allowed the guards to enter the compound and accused Japan of overreacting.

44.   But there was still confusion Thursday on exactly how the rebels seized so many people that quickly and how they entered the compound.

45.   Children and other people had earlier entered the compound looking for scrap metal that they could sell.

46.   China has said that consulate staff allowed police to enter the compound to seize the five, and later thanked the police.

47.   Dozens of armed Iraqi soldiers patrolled the area, and guards stopped and searched all cars entering the compound.

48.   Earlier, U.N. spokeswoman Ingrid Lehmann suggested U.N. security personnel were unable to stop the crowd that entered the compound through an entrance across the Danube in suburban Vienna.

49.   Dozens of helmeted riot police eventually entered the compound, ringing the Dome of the Rock Mosque, one of the shrines there.

50.   Embassy security staff alerted police after noticing a suspicious object on an embassy car entering the compound.