31.   The paper also quoted experts at government-run think tanks blaming the United States for the lack of agreement in the talks this week.

32.   The paper quoted experts as saying the miners probably had about two days of air.

33.   The remote-control bomb was an anti-personnel mine packed with metal fragments, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Friday, quoting explosives experts.

34.   The report quoted one expert as saying that Russia might reconsider its decision if prices fall sharply in Rotterdam.

35.   The South China Morning Post quoted experts as saying the sharks may be attracted by offal from fish farms.

36.   Urdu-language drafts of the e-mails were written by co-defendant Sheikh Mohammed Adeel, Quereshi quoted the expert, Gulam Akbar Jafri, as saying.

37.   Four major Indian airports handle almost all its international air traffic but are poorly equipped for the task, an expert was quoted as saying Saturday.

38.   FT Deutschland quoted industry experts as saying that the Dutch firm could possibly be one of three companies, Heijmans, Volker Wessels Stevin and Koninklijke BAM NBM.

39.   Interfax quoted experts as saying there were insufficient radiation control checkpoints on the Russian-Belarus border.

40.   A report this week quoted experts as saying that rising sea levels caused by global warming were posing a serious threat to the Pearl River delta.