1.   Charles and Louis saw it as a divine Judgement, confirming their claims to a share in the Frankish heartlands.

2.   A Russian military spokesman insisted that rebel casualties were far greater, but there was no way to confirm those claims.

3.   Bunker said she could not confirm the claim by Zaeef, the Taliban envoy, that people were burning the food being dropped in Afghanistan by U.S. aircraft.

4.   But at the same time, he said, researchers have had difficulty confirming her claims.

5.   But Palestinian officials did not immediately confirm that claim.

6.   Federal investigations subsequently confirmed claims in the letter.

7.   Her voice confirms the claim.

8.   Hewlett-Packard scored a critical victory Wednesday, after a preliminary official count confirmed its claim that shareholders voted to approve the blockbuster deal to buy Compaq Computer.

9.   It is not possibble to confirm the claims.

10.   It was impossible to confirm this claim.