41.   Unless Americans studied U.N. reports for years they could get the impression from Clinton that they were hearing things just discovered, necessitating immediate attack.

42.   When it does act on the details, the action would then go to the SEC, which issued a cautious statement saying it would study the report.

43.   Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said Pentagon officials had not studied the report.

44.   A cabinet meeting will study the report later this month and Attorney-General Alecos Markides has already said he was considering criminal proceedings.

45.   A Hezbollah spokesman in Beirut said the group was studying the report and did not have an immediate comment.

46.   A senior trade ministry official said Friday that Japan will study a report by Fuji before deciding on its own stance on the dispute.

47.   A presidential spokeswoman, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said the government was studying the report and had no comment Friday.

48.   A spokeswoman at Philip Morris European headquarters in Switzerland said the company needed to study the report before making any comment.

49.   Already on Friday, the army issued an order that the report be studied, Xinhua said.

50.   Annan is expected to study the report and pass it on to the U.N. Security Council.