31.   Kouchner also said that none of the suspicious powder tested so far had contained anthrax.

32.   Nonetheless, authorities had little choice but to take every report of suspicious white powder seriously.

33.   On Tuesday, emergency officials responded to calls around the state about suspicious white powders being mailed or delivered to homes and businesses.

34.   Repeated tests conducted on suspicious powder proved to be inconclusive for anthrax, said a BP Petco official Monday.

35.   Suspicious white powders found in letters sent to foreign embassies this week tested negative for anthrax spores, investigators confirmed Thursday.

36.   Tests are being conducted on a suspicious powder contained in a letter that was mistakenly delivered to a United Nations agency in Phnom Penh, officials said Friday.

37.   The offices were evacuated when an employee received a letter containing a suspicious powder.

38.   Two other pieces of mail containing suspicious powder have also been received in the East African nation.

39.   A suspicious white powder discovered last week in a mail room at the US embassy in Rome has tested negative for anthrax, the State Department said Friday.

40.   Two Slovene politicians, including the parliamentary speaker, received on Monday letters containing suspicious white powder, the STA news agency reported.