11.   An article Tuesday in The New York Times quoted U.S. officials as saying Colombian authorities were doing nothing about planes loaded with cocaine taking off from Colombian territory.

12.   An Associated Press report from Washington quoted an unidentified U.S. official as giving a partial name for the Sudanese, Abu Huzifa.

13.   And many of those states recently have been identified by law-enforcement officials as major sources for the guns used in crimes in other states.

14.   And Mathis said the league is not even using the top five CBA officials as replacements.

15.   And second, he said, the testing company should report the leak to state environmental officials as required by law.

16.   And the arrests were treated by some Italian officials as a major victory in their battle.

17.   Another priest, identified by church officials as the Rev. Manus Daly, was accused of molesting the same youth.

18.   Arlacchi described Russian officials as extremely worried that profits generated by Afghan opium could be used by Islamic militants to destabilize Tajikistan and other neighbors in Central Asia.

19.   Arafat was described by administration officials as being in a buoyant mood.

20.   As recently as early this morning, press reports quoted Bosnian and American officials as saying the talks probably would end without a peace agreement.