61.   He added that his fears had been confirmed by recent remarks made by Mafia turncoats.

62.   Hopes of saving the men had faded after tests confirmed fears of poisonous gas in the mine, officials said.

63.   In Goma itself, statements by other humanitarian organisations to AFP confirmed fears that the situation would deteriorate once French and American troops leave.

64.   Analysts, who had expected a rise, said that the figure confirmed fears of an economic slowdown in Britain.

65.   And in among the masses -- confirming UNHCR fears -- lurk the faces of murderers.

66.   But according to UN sources, he has done little in practice to confirm fears of a union between Croatian and Bosnian Serbs.

67.   Cars outside a neighbouring Catholic school, also in a loyalist district, had their windows smashed, confirming heightened fears that the violence could spread.

68.   The sudden rebound of stocks on the London Metals Exchange, after a fall of some months, seemed to confirm such fears.

69.   The results confirmed fears of an industrial slowdown brought on by a combination of high interest rates, rising fuel and commmodity prices.

70.   Two of the bores completed early Tuesday confirmed fears about explosive gas concentrations.