31.   Estrada acknowledged he was offered a bribe by Luis Singson, governor of Ilocos Sur province, but insists he refused it.

32.   Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao pleaded innocent Wednesday to charges of conspiracy to cheat a businessman offering a bribe for a government contract.

33.   Fujimori also said he would deactivate the National Intelligence Service, whose powerful head has been accused of offering bribes to an opposition congressman to support the government.

34.   He disclosed for the first time that he had been offered a bribe during his early days as board chairman.

35.   His political career ended after he was charged in the Abscam sting, an FBI investigation in which agents posed as Arab businessmen offering bribes to members of Congress.

36.   K. Inoyama, an official of Marubeni Co. offered a bribe to Ershad and won the contract, the prosecution attorney told the court.

37.   Last year, a new state government threatened to cancel the project alleging that Enron offered bribes to the former government in return for concessions.

38.   Lau had said he was instructed by a superintendent from another engineering company to offer the bribe.

39.   LONDON -- Pakistan cricket officials Monday promise swift action to investigate allegations that Australian Test players were offered bribes to throw matches.

40.   Meanwhile, representatives of logging firms came to his office at least twice to offer him bribes.