31.   Deputy Defense Minister Austin Clarke refused immediate comment Tuesday, saying he would speak after visiting the town Wednesday.

32.   Earlier this month, U.N. officials visited the town and urged people to stay.

33.   Egawa said agency officials will accompany U.S. Marines if they visit towns in a groups, but declined to discuss individual visits.

34.   Fino and members of his Cabinet had previously begun visiting rebel towns in the south, in an attempt to smooth over divisions.

35.   Governor Herman Musakabe visited the town Tuesday and urged local people to work together to stamp out the disease and keep their environment clean.

36.   Gures also has a home there and frequently visits the town.

37.   He told the newspaper that he has spent two months visiting towns throughout the countryside and witnessing the effects of low banana and coffee prices.

38.   He will visit two towns in Brittany, the Loire Valley city of Tours, and Reims in the north.

39.   Health officials were to visit river towns to search for any additional cases, Sagala said.

40.   Horn also plans to visit a few towns northwest of Bucharest, where ethnic Hungarians make up the majority of the population.