61.   Baghdad residents contacted by telephone said the city appeared to be calm Wednesday evening.

62.   Baghdad residents contacted by telephone said the city appeared to be calm.

63.   Bulo Hawo was tense but calm Thursday, and under the control of the SRRC, witnesses contacted by telephone said.

64.   But an official of the center, contacted by telephone, declined any comment.

65.   But crews found five more bodies during the last moments of clearing away rubble, said a Chongqing city official contacted by telephone.

66.   But executives with the newspaper contacted by telephone later refused to comment.

67.   But residents contacted by telephone said fighting was less fierce Friday, with only sporadic gunfire heard throughout the day.

68.   But local officials contacted by telephone denied there were any cases of the plague.

69.   But Shanghai officials contacted by telephone said they had not heard of that plan.

70.   Chengdu police officials contacted by telephone denied the report.