21.   The foreign ministry did not confirm that the meeting would take place.

22.   The Irish foreign ministry could not confirm the meeting, and no one was available at the Turkish foreign ministry for comment.

23.   The ministry confirmed it was a car bomb, a frequent method of attack by the Basque separatist group ETA.

24.   The ministry confirmed the report in a statement carried by the Interfax news agency.

25.   The ministry did not confirm the U.N. report, saying an army committee would investigate what happened in Bieh.

26.   The Israeli foreign ministry confirmed the changes in principle.

27.   The ministry confirmed earlier reports that two people died in the unrest, one of them a student.

28.   The ministry confirmed the authorization but gave no further details.

29.   The ministry confirmed Tuesday that files had been released seven years ago.

30.   The ministry would not confirm the report before an investigation by air force officials.