1.   A spokesman refused to confirm reports that the aircraft had previously suffered an engine fire.

2.   Tennis stars Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi have confirmed reports that they are expecting a baby.

3.   The study confirmed many reports that doctors were improperly trained.

4.   Earlier an El Al spokesman had refused to confirm reports that the aircraft which crashed had suffered a mid-air engine fire in late July.

5.   President Bush, declining to confirm the report, chose not to deny it either.

6.   They confirm the reports from short term stationary manometry studies indicating an increase of contraction amplitude and duration after intravenous injection of cisapride.

7.   This study confirms previous reports of our group and others that immunosuppressive doses of cyclosporin A impair endocrine and exocrine pancreatic functions in rats.

8.   There was no way to confirm the reports.

9.   Officials in Luanda confirmed the report, adding that delegations were due to fly to Addis Ababa on Thursday.