41.   Authorities have acknowledged police are poorly-equipped and understaffed to efficiently fight crime.

42.   Authorities only occasionally acknowledge massacres in rural villages, which usually are blamed on the radical Armed Islamic Group.

43.   Authorities acknowledge that the two were questioned by police but say they were released the same day.

44.   Authorities acknowledge that widespread official corruption has long allowed Mexican traffickers the protection needed to get their loads into the United States.

45.   Authorities acknowledged it was just the beginning of what would be a major, long-term crackdown.

46.   Authorities acknowledged that such talks may not amount to much at first.

47.   Authorities acknowledged they may never know exactly why the Arctic Rose went down in the Bering Sea.

48.   Authorities acknowledge that Ciudad del Este, where people cross the borders freely and are rarely subjected to immigration checks, is out of control.

49.   Authorities acknowledge the existence of torture but insist it is not systematic and that offenders are prosecuted.

50.   Authorities acknowledged that one protester has been killed since the crackdown began Monday.