1.   But a duty official at the Russian mission control center declined to provide his name, or discuss any details and slammed down the phone.

2.   A duty official at the Zagreb district court also named Zunder as being responsible for the case.

3.   A duty official with the U.S. Marine Corps on Okinawa declined to comment.

4.   A duty official said the government press service was closed Sunday evening.

5.   Duty officials at the hotel refused to answer questions, and phone calls to hotel management in the United States went unanswered.

6.   Several minor aftershocks followed, said a duty official at the Seismological Institute in Zagreb, Croatia.