21.   Persistent reports filtering out of the sealed zone suggest that alliance troops may be killing many refugees.

22.   Persistent reports of dissension from Berlin jibed with lackluster appearances by the orchestra in New York and elsewhere.

23.   Plan said he had heard persistent reports that the two men had made their way to a hidden Partisan hospital deep in the mountains, their feet badly frostbitten.

24.   Since the ban, there have been persistent reports of torture and deaths of followers by the authorities.

25.   Since then, there have been persistent reports of torture and deaths.

26.   Soybean futures were also helped by persistent reports that China is interested in buying U.S. soybeans and products.

27.   The Security Council, responding to persistent reports of undue suffering among the general population because of the embargo, requested the impact survey in June.

28.   There have been persistent reports in the Colombian press that Chavez has established a working relationship with the rebels.

29.   There have been persistent reports that Taliban and Qaida forces, regrouping in the province and across the border in Pakistan, were preparing to mount guerrilla attacks.

30.   There are persistent reports of armed bands training in Guerrero and other parts of the country.