91.   However communication with the interior of the country was very difficult, and some areas could not be reached by phone, Bopenda stated.

92.   A few students were injured during the clash, which lasted for half an hour, a student reached by phone told AFP.

93.   An agency spokesman reached by phone would not comment on the reports.

94.   But witnesses reached by phone from Dakar said life was slowly returning to normal and that street markets, closed since Friday, had reopened.

95.   The Suranari officer, reached by phone from Bangkok, said Friday each day that passed without a ransom demand being received lessened the possibility they were kidnapped.

96.   Witnesses reached by phone from Athens said hooded men stole large amounts of medicine from the hospital, which had recently received an aid shipment from Greece.

97.   Reached by phone from Algiers, they said the bus came under attack from Islamists in Takbou, a suburb of Medea.

98.   That report was officially denied by the Xinjiang regional government, as well as Khotan residents reached by phone.

99.   The fire broke out at an underground mechanical room of Far East Broadcasting Co., a company spokesman reached by phone said.