41.   Wednesday, the Liberian authorities denied that deaths occurred at the match.

42.   When Ms. Meza told immigration officials that she would be caring for niece, the authorities denied her visit.

43.   Yugoslavian authorities deny mistreating the Kosovars and say such stories are exaggerated to help convince the West to take military action.

44.   Oswiecim city authorities had denied permission to the nationalists for the march.

45.   A Bangladeshi beauty contest that sparked days of protests has been indefinitely postponed because authorities denied permission to hold the pageant, a spokesman said Monday.

46.   Albanian authorities have repeatedly denied foreign reports that bin Laden had visited Albania in recent years.

47.   Algerian authorities have denied any knowledge of the arrests of Fahassi and Bouabdallah, who have not been sighted since their abductions, CPJ added.

48.   Algerian authorities have denied the charge.

49.   Airport authorities denied that the former singer was mistreated, Maariv said.

50.   Airport sources in Amman said authorities had denied the plane permission to land in Jordan.