31.   Abdulla said that Shiites now have less interest in stirring up trouble because they have been successfully co-opted by the Saudi authorities.

32.   Afterward, Saudi authorities asked the pilgrims to fill out applications, a move that signals Saudi authorities may let them in.

33.   Alghamdi has been ordered by Saudi authorities not to speak to the press, the brother said.

34.   An embassy circular obtained by The Associated Press on Sunday said Saudi authorities are investigating the incidents, which occurred Sunday and Saturday.

35.   An embassy circular obtained by The Associated Press said that Saudi authorities are investigating the incidents, which occurred during the past two days.

36.   At the time of the incident, Saudi authorities told the airline there had been a bureaucratic mix-up in paperwork involving the flight number.

37.   At the U.S. Embassy, spokesman Rick Roberts said Saudi authorities told the embassy no Americans were involved.

38.   Baring said Saudi monetary authorities were examining legal, institutional and practical measures to broaden and deepen activities in the Saudi Stock Market.

39.   Both have denied the charge and said their confessions were extracted only through brutal treatment by Saudi authorities.

40.   But according to RTR, Ponichev said radio contact between Saudi authorities and the hijackers showed there were four.