41. Samaranch discounted reports that Salt Lake City may have provided prostitutes or female escorts for IOC members. 42. The diplomat discounted reports that serious differences existed between Ethiopia and Egypt over the handling of the Somali peace process. 43. The Interfax news agency reported the gunman was a North Korean, but police later discounted the report. 44. The study was based on selected Western media and discounted any reports based on Taliban figures. 45. U.N. peacekeepers are discounting media reports that right-wing extremists had attacked a rural election bureau. 46. However, the official discounted reports that Powell himself would make the announcement. 47. Boucher also discounted reports that US Middle East envoy Anthony Zinni was on the verge of resigning because he no longer trusted Arafat. 48. They also discounted previous reports of anti-Kim plots as baseless. 49. Kirwan discounted reports that he was preparing to switch to rugby league. 50. NATO discounted eyewitness reports Monday that the pair had been captured by Serb villagers a day after being shot down and were being held by the Bosnian Serb authorities. |
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