1.   A foreign ministry spokesman in Athens said Greece had launched an investigation.

2.   A Lower Saxony state interior ministry spokesman said the woman was hurt when the impact of the dummy bomb threw hard pieces of earth into her face.

3.   An economics ministry spokesman said Fokker was expected to seek talks some time today.

4.   Argentina had once opposed the sale, but now has no objections, a foreign ministry spokesman said.

5.   At a regularly scheduled press briefing on Thursday, Sun Yuxi, a foreign ministry spokesman, said the Uighur separatists were clearly in the terrorist camp.

6.   Bosnian officials viewed Brown as key to encouraging more U.S. investment, said Hajric, the foreign ministry spokesman.

7.   Brazilian Communications Minister Sergio Motta is expected to unveil details of the sale of Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA by Friday, a ministry spokesman said.

8.   A foreign ministry spokesman swiftly denied the report, and then later requests to the Taliban for comment about the news account went unanswered.

9.   A French defense ministry spokesman made the same point.

10.   A ministry spokesman said a slowdown in exports was one reason the government had cut its estimate for full-year growth.