81.   A spokesman for the Foreign Office said a British national had contacted the British consulate in Brunei on Friday about an immigration matter.

82.   Authorities in the United States and Britain broke up an international counterfeit ring after the arrest of a British national in West Virginia, officials said Wednesday.

83.   Britain said Saturday it was trying to verify the identity of three suspected pro-Taliban fighters found in an Afghan prison who claimed to be British nationals.

84.   British nationals escaped unhurt a similar restaurant attack on the same day.

85.   Chris Simpson, a British national, was arrested Sunday after entering a prison inside a police station to interview three South Africans jailed there on drug offences.

86.   Critics claim foreign states would have too much jurisdiction over British nationals and say they have doubts about the fairness of some European legal systems.

87.   Ecuadoran Indians on Friday released an American and a British national kidnapped last week, Ecuavisa television reported.

88.   The only two British nationals held hostage have been released.

89.   Two British nationals have been arrested in Cyprus for allegedly trying to steal trade secrets from top European pharmaceutical manufacturers, police said Monday.

90.   There had been speculation that Rehman was a British national as he had given an address in London.