21.   Prison authorities contacted Friday declined comment.

22.   Russian authorities contacted Japanese coast guard officials.

23.   Russian authorities have contacted Japanese coast guard officials.

24.   Swiss authorities contacted most of the people known to have had Solar Temple links and issued a statement Sunday saying they were not expecting any similar acts.

25.   The Iraqi spokesman did not say whether the Iraqi authorities ever contacted Khan.

26.   The News reported that Kansas authorities contacted Buffalo police early today after learning the gun he was carrying was registered to his father.

27.   U.S. authorities contacted Mexican police, and the case was a piece of cake.

28.   Yanokura said U.S. authorities have not contacted the institute in the case.

29.   Guatemalan authorities have contacted Belizean officials about the alleged incident and convinced them to pull out, though bilateral tensions still are running high, Caal said.

30.   He would not say whether German authorities had contacted Tehran to discuss the matter.