21.   Advocates of open government, civil liberties and an unfettered press charged the measure would scare sources, whistle-blowers and even official spokesmen into silence.

22.   Aharon Domb, official spokesman for the settler movement, said an army officer briefly blocked settlers from bringing in the trailer.

23.   Alexander Ivanko, an official U.N. spokesman, said violations have increased, but not that much.

24.   An official Israeli spokesman said the government would reopen Sunday the Carni crossing point, through which trucks enter Israel from the Gaza Strip.

25.   Among the injured were two policewomen, PTI said quoting an unnamed official spokesman.

26.   An official military spokesman in Colombo confirmed the attack, but said casualty figures were not immediately available.

27.   And in Moscow, an official spokesman defended the sale, saying critics like the United States and Britain are against it because Russia would benefit.

28.   Basheer, who served as the official spokesman for late Egyptian presidents Gamal Adel Nasser and Anwar Sadat, died Tuesday in London of heart failure.

29.   Basheer, who served as the official spokesman for late Egyptian Presidents Gamal Adel Nasser and Anwar Sadat, died in London of heart failure.

30.   Blair will visit Northern Ireland next week to urge support for the peace agreement, his official spokesman said.