11.   Officials later authorized the plane to resume its flight.

12.   Police officials authorized to speak to the press were not available on Tuesday.

13.   Sharon aides also said Palestinian Authority officials have authorized attacks on Israelis.

14.   Serb officials have authorized frightened families to dig up their dead and cart away the remains in a morbid sideshow to the reunification of Sarajevo.

15.   Space officials authorized the crew to replace the computer Sunday with another that had been brought aboard earlier this year.

16.   The extent to which senior Palestinian officials authorized such incidents was not clear, the report said.

17.   The report said a corporation official authorized all payments made to the construction firm while also working as a financial consultant for the firm.

18.   Power officials authorized rolling blackouts of up to eight hours daily.