11.   But the agency also quoted the Health Ministry as saying the container was far too radioactive to be something medical.

12.   But the agency quoted military commanders as saying that these exercises were the biggest by any country in the Middle East.

13.   Dozens of cars and houses were buried under mud and many cattle were lost, the agency quoted officials as saying.

14.   In a dispatch monitored in Mexico City, the agency quoted Economic Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez as asking workers to look for ways to save electricity in the workplace.

15.   In a Monday night report, the agency quoted a military spokesman as saying the helicopter crashed during a flight back to base after taking part in war games.

16.   In Poland, the PAP agency quoted Ukrainian security service spokesman Alexander Skrypnik as saying the police action was over and no one was harmed.

17.   Later, though, the agency quoted a Taliban spokesman, Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi, as saying no such hangings had taken place.

18.   Later, though, the agency quoted a Taliban spokesman, Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi, as saying no such hangings had not taken place.

19.   Linkevicius believes all former Soviet-block countries seeking NATO membership should be given the same admission requirements, the agency quoted him as saying.

20.   Later, the official agency quoted Rezaie Niyaraki, head of the National Iranian Oil Co., as saying that one of the two rescued people had died.