51.   Russian team officials repeated the apology several times.

52.   Seiple said Chinese officials repeated claims that the man was in fact a farmer detained for vandalism and later released.

53.   Thai officials repeated standing denials over the weekend of hosting Khmer Rouge leaders.

54.   The two officials repeated previous commitments to do whatever is necessary to support the value of the Hong Kong dollar.

55.   However, officials had already repeated their vow to end the protest on Saturday, ITAR-TASS reported.

56.   IFOR officials repeated Thursday that respsonsiblity for freedom of movement lay with the civilian authorities on all sides and not with the heavily armed NATO force.

57.   Instead, Chechen officials have repeated this week that their tiny Moslem republic must be recognized at a state level before negotiations even begin.

58.   The official also repeated allegations that the Taliban had outside support, including from neighbouring Pakistan, in their drive against Rabbani.

59.   Then a second official repeats the ritual in a room full of modern equipment and stores the licence number on a computerised file.

60.   UN officials meanwhile repeated warnings the government side faced air attacks if it targeted peacekeepers.