1.   But all four said they had managed to circumvent the action by routing calls to the island through other, unspecified countries and that most calls were being connected.

2.   The information about the March meetings emerged as at least one associate of Muhajir in custody was being questioned in an unspecified foreign country, the US official said.

3.   A North Korean scientist and a broadcast scriptwriter are seeking asylum in South Korea separately through China and an unspecified Southeast Asian country, government officials said Thursday.

4.   Al-Anbari has accused unspecified countries, presumably the United States and Britain, of seeking to block a deal.

5.   Another option would be to decrease the size of the U.N. force but send troops from unspecified countries to make up the difference.

6.   Before the defection, Choe worked as a foreign exchange dealer in an unspecified European country, it said.

7.   Besides Iran, the network was active in Pakistan, Turkey and a number of unspecified European countries, Yunesi said.

8.   Both shipments were made through Japan and an unspecified third country, officials said.

9.   Boutros-Ghali noted that some, unspecified countries prefer that the United Nations command the Eastern Slavonia force.

10.   Earlier in the day, four North Koreans, mostly laborers, arrived from an unspecified third country and sought asylum.