11.   But the funeral company, Pompes funebres de Normandie, denied persistent rumours circulating here that it had hired the skating rink to serve as a morgue.

12.   Case prosecutor Peter Wechsung admitted rumours have been circulating since the beginning of the year that proceedings would be dropped against Graf in exchange for money.

13.   Contradictory rumours have been circulating for weeks about when the PLO chief intends to make his triumphant entry into Jericho.

14.   The rumour has circulated around the Vatican for several weeks, but has always been denied by Vatican sources.

15.   The rumours have been circulating on the Tokyo Stock Exchange for several weeks.

16.   There was no official word on whether that attack was election-related, but rumours circulated that it arose from a tribal dispute between Baoules and Betes.

17.   Last month rumours circulated in Freetown of another attempt by elements of the military to overthrow Kabbah.

18.   Lennon said that two rumours were circulating on the LME.

19.   Meanwhile rumours circulated in Westminster indicating that Hamilton and Smith had already resigned.

20.   On Wednesday, rumours circulating in dealing rooms centred on a report from a Japanese news agency that the Bank of Japan was about to raise interest rates.