31.   On Monday, Russia sealed the border of the breakaway southern republic and Chechen authorities expressed fears of imminent Russian intervention.

32.   Rwandan authorities have expressed fears the former soldiers and militia might infiltrate the country and last week announced two raiders were killed along the border.

33.   Thai authorities have expressed similar views.

34.   The protesters have been peaceful so far, but authorities have expressed concern that they might try to free Estrada or march on the presidential palace.

35.   Ugandan authorities expressed surprise at the arrival.

36.   Whether Iraqi weapons can even reach the high-flying aircraft is uncertain, but U.S. authorities still expressed outrage.

37.   German authorities expressed serious reservations about the Israeli argument that the guards were justified in their actions because they were acting in self-defence.

38.   However he added that the regional state authorities had expressed support for the police action at the time of the riot, after some had criticised it as lax.

39.   A.D. Frazier, chief executive of ACOG, denied that the US authorities had expressed doubts about security.

40.   Despite pessimism expressed by authorities, the parents of An Marchal and Eefje Lambrechts held hope Tuesday that the two girls were still alive.