31.   The cause of the malfunction is under investigation, base officials said.

32.   The hairless pink brothers were born Monday morning at the Chengdu Research Base in the southwest province of Sichuan, said Huang Xiangming, a base official.

33.   The remaining base officials will sleep outside in portable huts facing out across the ice.

34.   The remaining man, whose name has not been released, is in a Saudi hospital with a severe head injury, base officials said.

35.   There was no immediate confirmation from base officials that a bombing raid had begun.

36.   Treaty provisions make base officials scramble for visits by giving them inspection notice of nine hours or less.

37.   Three French soldiers were slightly hurt by flying glass, a base official said.

38.   Three French soldiers were slightly injured by flying glass, a base official said.

39.   US troops and military police have been working feverishly to prepare for the prisoners arrival, rehearsing every detail of the security procedures, base officials said.

40.   The government has said it is negotiating with British base officials to relocate the exercises to a less sensitive area.