1.   An unspecified number of employees were offered jobs at other facilities, said Witco spokesman Carl Soderlind.

2.   Her clothing had been ripped away to the waist in the horrific attack, said police spokesman Shlomo Ben Hemo.

3.   Several residential neighborhoods have seen increases in robberies, burglaries, street violence and domestic abuse, the spokesmen said.

4.   Many of our problems have arisen through ignorance and neglect, a spokesman said.

5.   The answer, says a spokesman, is very definitely not.

6.   There had been no reports of wildlife or fish being affected, said the spokesman.

7.   A post-mortem examination showed he had suffered internal injuries, said a spokesman.

8.   AN aerobics teacher who turned up safe after a major search is to be prosecuted for wasting police time, a police spokesman said yesterday.

9.   That would be impractical and impossible, a Government spokesman said.