61.   Baluchistan police contacted the FBI and the authorities in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar while the kidnappers reduced their ransom demand to three million rupees.

62.   Busch said the police would be contacting the United Nations to compare notes on the role played in the affair by the official.

63.   But police have contacted bishops and priests in the Huila region to check on their safety.

64.   Dutch police had contacted their German counterparts with their suspicions as a result of the documentary due to be shown on Tuesday night on the independent British ITV television.

65.   Just before the party began, police again contacted the embassy, which reiterated its position, the Kyodo report said.

66.   Police contacted both parents but each refused to take back the child.