1.   His absence has fuelled rumours that the house of Lacroix is about to be closed by owner and financial backer Bernard Arnault.

2.   This fuelled rumours that the murder was the work of the anti-Semitic Russian nationalist group Pamyat, from which Fr Men reportedly had received threatening letters.

3.   The tour also fuelled fresh rumours of a marriage split.

4.   Negative reports in certain countries about haze, financial problems and the traffic situation in Kuala Lumpur had fuelled the rumours of the move.

5.   He has a huge fortress like home in the Khyber Pass, close to the Afghanistan frontier, which has only fuelled rumours about the origin of his money.

6.   His obvious weakness has fuelled rumours that he should step down.

7.   His wooden appearance that day fuelled rumours about his health.

8.   His long absence from the public eye has fuelled rumours, with ultra-nationalist firebrand Vladimir Zhirinovski asking last week if the head of state was still alive.

9.   His wooden appearance on that day fuelled rumours about his health.

10.   After Saleh and Baid signed a reconciliation accord in Amman in February Baid visited Saudi Arabia, fuelling rumours of a plot against Saleh.