51.   Radio reports quoted Jose Ascaneo Ferreira of the Minas Gerais Civil Defense department as saying he expected more bodies will be found as rescue teams continue digging.

52.   A foreign news report had quoted Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai lastweek as saying that Muslim separatists were being trained in Malaysia andthen sent to Southern Thailand.

53.   A news report on Wednesday quoted Asahara as complaining about conditions in detention.

54.   A North Korean official confirmed his country has finished preparations to test launch another missile, news reports quoted former U.N. Undersecretary Yasushi Akashi as saying.

55.   A television news report quoted a witness as saying a burning car headed for the Parliament building and the driver jumped out.

56.   A Romanian newspaper report on Thursday quoted Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase as implying his government would resign if his country is not invited to join NATO in Prague.

57.   A separate Dow Jones report later quoted an Iranian source in Tehran as saying the meeting would be put off until the end of the month.

58.   After arguing for several minutes, Hao pulled out the bomb and set it off with a battery and wire, the report quoted police as saying.

59.   All four babies were in good health, the report quoted Xue Xindong, a doctor who heads the newborn care wing of the hospital, as saying.

60.   An earlier report quoted a German ski official as saying Raab had Moldovan citizenship, but the statement was erroneous.