31.   In Auckland, Peters said he was told he had been fired but refused to comment until after completing a scheduled speech.

32.   It is routine policy for officials to refuse to comment until both the A and B samples test positive.

33.   Jagr said he would not comment until the news conference.

34.   Katy Feeney, a spokeswoman at the National League offices in New York, said the league would not comment until after an investigation.

35.   Leaders in Pale, the Serb stronghold southeast of Sarajevo, said he would not comment until Saturday.

36.   No one at the Swiss fund was available to comment until later Thursday, a woman answering the phone there said, declining to give her name.

37.   Oakland County Prosecutor Richard Thompson, who has charged Kevorkian with murder in some previous deaths, declined to comment until after police complete their investigation.

38.   Published reports said that Neilson found out about his firing Tuesday night, but agreed with team officials not to comment until Thursday.

39.   The Board of Governors will vote on the agreement Thursday, and the league said it would not comment until then.

40.   The Chicago Bulls, who can pay Smith more than any other team, said they would not comment until reviewing the situation with the league office.