21.   The new probe was being held behind closed doors and journalists were barred from observing it.

22.   The new probe will determined if the lawyers hired by the Senate to conduct the investigation manipulated evidence to hurt the governing pro-statehood party.

23.   The new probe, expected to take a year, will encompass research in archives in Germany and the United States, university spokesman Bernd Matouschek said.

24.   U.S. officials hope to double that span with the new probes.

25.   First reports of a new preliminary probe came in late Wednesday but were only confirmed Thursday afternoon.

26.   But the opposition Labour party is showing hesitant support for a new probe.

27.   First reports of a new preliminary probe which is to determine whether there will be any legal proceedings against Berlusconi came late Wednesday but were only confirmed Thursday afternoon.

28.   The new probe was launched in secret a month ago, without the knowledge of the minister who has authority over the police, the second channel said.

29.   The summoning of politicians came after prosecutors pledged a new probe into politicians whose names have surfaced in the course of investigations into the massive graft scandal engulfing Hanbo.

30.   The United Nations last year called for a new probe into the toll, but the appeal was rejected by Indonesia.