21.   The ministry declined to say what kind of accident, but stressed it was not caused by combat.

22.   The housing and defense ministries declined comment Friday.

23.   The ministry declined to comment Wednesday on the report.

24.   The ministry declined to give more details about the remarks.

25.   The ministry declined to say what prompted the investigation or whether criminal charges would be filed.

26.   The ministry declined to comment Friday on the latest report.

27.   The ministry declined to name the specific commonwealth country, or countries, from which they defected.

28.   The ministry has declined to release the report, Aftenposten said.

29.   The Spanish interior ministry declined comment on the report at the time.

30.   The Turkish foreign ministry declined to comment on the content of discussions.