1.   A few hours later, his press service, speaking on his behalf, brusquely revised his position.

2.   Four Russian policemen were accidentally killed Sunday when Russian helicopter gunships mistook them for rebels, the Dagestani Interior Ministry press service said Monday.

3.   He said this threatened to unravel the whole process of regulating the crisis, his press service said.

4.   Instead, the president remained holed up in his suburban residence south of Moscow, huddling with advisers, according to the Kremlin press service.

5.   On Thursday, the presidential press service confirmed that the photographer, Dmitri Sokolov, and five other aides were dismissed.

6.   On Thursday the presidential press service confirmed that the photographer, Dmitri Sokolov, and five other aides were dismissed.

7.   On Thursday, the Kremlin press service issued a bland assessment.

8.   Putin, as customary, did not make a public statement, preferring to work through his press service.

9.   Several months later, the pope invited Navarro-Valls to overhaul the Vatican press service.

10.   Since that appearance, the public has seen Yeltsin only in brief video tapes supplied by the Kremlin press service.