31.   On Thursday, FIFA said two unnamed individuals had tried to bribe players, who reported the attempts to their delegation officials.

32.   Scientific Research Minister Juergen Ruettgers and five legislators abruptly returned to Germany from Manila ahead of an emergency budget debate in the Bundestag, a delegation official said.

33.   Summit delegation officials said the foundation, which could be sited in Singapore, would promote cultural, scientific and technological exchanges as well as research.

34.   The good-humoured exchange was expected to be followed by a first round of talks that could last about two hours, a US delegation official said.

35.   The football officials said that after the first test set off alarm bells, Thai delegation officials went to Tokyo to witness the examination of the second sample.