11.   The US data on the losses is collected in a variety of ways, including satellite photography and the interception of casualty reports carried on Russian military communications.

12.   When the ephedrine casualty reports surfaced this month, the FDA decided to set up a toll-free telephone number to solicit adverse reactions to the herbs.

13.   Rebel casualty reports were not immediately available.

14.   Although casualty reports were conflicting and fragmentary, it appeared both sides suffered heavy losses.

15.   Although casualty reports were conflicting and only fragmentary, it appeared both sides were suffering heavy losses.

16.   An Iranian Red Crescent relief organization official told state-run radio that earlier casualty number reports were wrong.

17.   Both sides in the Chechen conflict routinely distort casualty reports.

18.   Casualty reports cannot be independently verified, as gunbattles often occur in remote mountain areas closed by the authorities to outsiders.

19.   Casualty reports have been conflicting and fragmentary.

20.   Casualty reports were not immediately available although journalists witnessed at least one youth being severely beaten by a policeman.