51.   Peru said its agents, working with the FBI, were just about to nab him when he was arrested by Venezuelan authorities.

52.   Agent Doug Beldon said numerous agents and evidence technicians resumed their muddy landfill search Wednesday morning and expected to search during daytime hours for quite some time.

53.   Agent Doug Beldon said numerous agents and evidence technicians resumed their muddy landfill search Wednesday morning and expected the search to continue for quite some time.

54.   Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Shen Guofang said customs agents and investigators were examining the alleged contraband, but he did not say what it was.

55.   He said North Korean agents, assumed to be behind the incident, had no permission to operate in Thailand, and to do so violated Thai sovereignty.

56.   He said his agents also found documents and letters in Hamas hideouts pointing to an Iranian connection.

57.   Hooker died of natural causes as he slept at his home in Los Altos, south of San Francisco, said his agent, Mike Kappus.

58.   Hooker died of natural causes as he slept at his home, said his agent, Mike Kappus.

59.   Hooker died at home in his sleep, said his agent, Mike Kappus.

60.   Hooker died at home in his sleep of natural causes with friends and family near, said his agent, Mike Kappus.