31.   There have been persistent reports along the Iran-Afghanistan border of al-Qaida and Taliban supporters filtering across with their families.

32.   There have been persistent reports of Aum using drugs, probably primarily as hallucinogens to evoke the supernatural.

33.   There have been persistent reports since the start of the uprising of a campaign of house-to-house arrests of Congolese Tutsi in the capital.

34.   There are persistent reports that the financier is actively shopping the network.

35.   There have also been persistent reports that Congolese soldiers have been destroying evidence of atrocities.

36.   There have been persistent reports of extra ballots being printed and stored in party offices.

37.   Persistent reports say that China has sold missiles to Iran and Pakistan.

38.   Persistent reports circulated in Kandahar that he had been jailed and beaten by the Taliban leader.

39.   Persistent reports claim Nunez already has lined up Ajax coach Louis van Gaal to succeed Robson next season.

40.   Persistent reports say Rwandan artillery shelled a major camp housing Rwandan Hutu refugees at the north end of Lake Kivu last week.