81.   Contacted by telephone at his home Wednesday night, Dailide denied he persecuted anyone in Lithuania and said the allegations against him are wrong.

82.   Contacted by telephone in Winangun, near Manado, the agency said it was still monitoring possible impacts of the quake.

83.   Contacted by telephone on Sunday, Mercer told The Associated Press he has received no news of his daughter in two weeks.

84.   Contacted by telephone, a duty officer for the U.S. Embassy in Bonn said there would be no comment on the Spiegel report.

85.   Contacted by telephone, a witness in Kandahar reported hearing heavy bombardment Sunday night and Monday in the vicinity of the city, concentrated around the airport.

86.   Court officials contacted by telephone declined to comment on the case.

87.   Defense Minister Maj. Luis Maria Ceita, contacted by telephone, declined to comment.

88.   Defense Ministry officials contacted by telephone Thursday refused to comment on the report.

89.   El Watan cited accounts of the attack by numerous inhabitants contacted by telephone.

90.   Eritrean government spokesman Yemane Ghebremeskes, contacted by telephone in Asmara, claimed the Yemenis assaulted Eritrean positions Saturday.