21.   NHK quoted police officials as saying that the boy had also used a handsaw in the beheading.

22.   News reports quoted local officials as saying he had been weakened by an attack of flu last month and died in his sleep.

23.   Nevertheless, Bayh soon found his chances being downgraded in stories quoting Democratic officials.

24.   Officials were quoted.

25.   Pusan aviation officials were quoted as saying that the rear part of the plane appeared to have hit the ground first.

26.   Quoting unnamed officials, the Nation said a security guard and a civilian employee of the embassy had positively identified him as the attacker who had thrown the grenade.

27.   Russian news services quoted officials as saying that only a few hundred people had been expected to view the big-screen broadcasts outside the Kremlin.

28.   Serbian State Television also reported the news, quoting officials.

29.   Several motorcyclists were detained for questioning after the crash, Reuters reported, quoting police officials.

30.   Specifically, Talbott objected to news stories in recent days in which anonymous officials were quoted as saying the administration is starting to fumble in foreign policy.