1.   The navy denied Echaiz ever met with Montesinos.

2.   The navy has denied a rebel claim that its gunboat also was destroyed.

3.   The navy angrily denied Russian press reports that the rescue crews were failing because they were poorly trained.

4.   The navy later hotly denied there was any danger of a nuclear accident.

5.   The Portuguese navy denied a leaking crude oil tanker permission to enter port in the Azores Islands Thursday.

6.   But the Japanese navy denied that the warships which cut across the bow of the freighter, without taking further action, were Japanese.

7.   But the Japanese navy denied that the warships which cut across the bows of the freighter, without taking further action, were Japanese.

8.   Critics say the bombing poses a health threat, which the navy denies.