31.   German authorities announced this week that three businessmen had been charged with selling the Libyan government advanced equipment that can be used to manufacture nerve gas.

32.   In Washington, authorities announced that a second post office had tested positive for anthrax.

33.   It was nearly a year ago that the federal authorities announced the indictment and arrests of Loren-Maltese and seven others.

34.   Jerusalem was tense on Tuesday evening after the authorities announced that they had specific intelligence that a bomber was on his way from the Ramallah area.

35.   Just the day before, Pakistani authorities announced that U.S. personnel could use two air bases and fly over Pakistani airspace.

36.   Just last week, the authorities announced that the former Beijing party chief in the real case, Chen Xitong, would face prosecution on corruption charges.

37.   Last week, after a delay of more than two months, the transportation authority announced five finalists in the Coliseum competition.

38.   Last month, Uzbek authorities announced that citizens would no longer have to show them airline tickets and travel documents in order to exchange Uzbek som for dollars.

39.   Meanwhile, Chinese authorities announced the closure of six factories producing pirated U.S. movies and sound recordings.

40.   On the day Simpson was charged, authorities announced that they believed the murder weapon was a knife.