31.   In telephone interviews last week, officials of both groups denied any links to Hamas.

32.   Iranian officials have denied any link.

33.   Iran has consistently denied links to terrorism.

34.   Kasyanov has repeatedly denied close links to Berezovsky.

35.   Leaders of the group were quick to deny a link.

36.   Like the Pakistani soldiers, he denies any links between Pakistan and terrorists, and says he does not even believe that they exist.

37.   McCall has denied any link between donations and matters involving his office, noting that he has long been a strong supporter of overhauling the campaign finance system.

38.   Milosevic denies any link to the atrocities and has specifically denied having any prior knowledge of the Srebrenica killings.

39.   Over the last year, Brown has repeatedly denied any link to the television company, the Corridor Broadcasting Corporation.