101.   The agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Mahmoud Mohammadi as saying Iran was investigating the case against the tugs, which are owned by the Dutch firm Smit International.

102.   The agency quoted Gurria as saying Zedillo will pay a return visit to France next year.

103.   The agency quoted Kwiatkowski as saying it would not be easy to obtain compensation as Gypsy victims were not registered.

104.   The agency quoted Maj. Mohsen Rezaei, the guards commander, as saying that despite the large quantities of live ammunition, the exercise proceeded without incident.

105.   The agency quoted police sources saying the street was almost empty but three pedestrians on their way home were injured.

106.   The agency quoted police sources saying three pedestrians were injured.

107.   The agency quoted police spokeswoman Dagmar Bartonikova as saying that driver of the van escaped when police stopped the car and was not yet detained.

108.   The agency quoted police spokeswoman Lucie Krastenicova as saying that the immigrants did not ask for political asylum and would be returned to Slovakia.

109.   The agency quoted South Korean officials as saying that the outbreak of cholera in North Korea was confirmed by outside visitors to the tightly-sealed communist country.

110.   The agency quoted Taliban authorities as saying the woman was carrying no passport or other travel documents.