21.   Asked by reporters if the United States was preparing an initiative, Shaath had no comment beyond saying he was highly encouraged by his meeting with Powell.

22.   BP Amoco spokesman Tom Koch said the company had no comment beyond the one-paragraph statement.

23.   Company spokesman Richard Weintraub said the company had no comment beyond its statement.

24.   IFI officials refused to make any comment beyond confirming the searches.

25.   In Washington, the State Department said it had no comment beyond saying that it was studying the decision.

26.   Nigerian authorities declined comment beyond saying the Environment Ministry is investigating.

27.   Officials at the Arab League office for boycott, which is headquartered in Damascus, refused comment beyond the newspaper report.

28.   Rockefeller Center Properties also declined comment beyond confirming it received the letter.

29.   State Department spokesman Lee McClenny offered no comment beyond the announcements.

30.   The Danish Foreign Ministry duty officer told the AP that Helveg Petersen had no comments beyond what he told Jyllands-Posten.