41.   -- Oklahoma City Police Chief Sam Gonzales said authorities had not confirmed whether the suspect had a foreign accent, as a Kansas motel manager has reported.

42.   A police investigation triggered by the false declaration paid dividends Tuesday when Italian authorities confirmed that the man was Farina after a fingerprint check.

43.   Airline security officials inspected his bag and found two devices, which authorities here later confirmed were placed in the bag by Dutch airport police.

44.   Although Israeli authorities confirm the Palestinians set fires in the seminary and burned military jeeps, it has not been established that they indeed burned books.

45.   Andrus said he had no idea, and authorities confirmed he was never implicated.

46.   An oil spill in Colombia blamed on leftist rebels is oozing into a river in neighboring Venezuela, authorities confirmed Thursday.

47.   Angry youths protesting against the government have taken control of nine Shell Oil relay stations in southern Nigeria, company authorities confirmed Wednesday.

48.   At that time, Albanian authorities did not confirm their operations.

49.   Authorities confirmed Friday that a body washed ashore in Beirut last week was that of a German tourist killed in a plane crash in Turkey three months ago.

50.   Authorities confirmed Wednesday they arrested the caretaker of a Port-au-Prince house where a dozen suspected attackers stayed.