41.   But it could not endorse government claims that the fighting had been heavy or that Bosnian Serbs were involved.

42.   But Shantu Larma, the leader of the tribespeople, has rejected the government claim of large-scale migration of Indian Chakmas.

43.   But the Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights, which specializes in cases involving ex-Contras, is challenging government claims Ciriaco was killed in combat.

44.   Chandraprema said that means people here have no way of assessing whether the government claims are true or false.

45.   Cook rejected Serbian government claims that the dead were combatants killed in a military encounter.

46.   Fierce fighting between rebel soldiers and government troops in Guinea-Bissau continued Sunday as the insurgents denied government claims that they had been crushed, according to reports.

47.   Gato said he had not been contacted by the United Nations, and he called government claims of survivors a ploy.

48.   Gato said he had not been contacted by the United Nations and insisted that the government claims about survivors were a ploy.

49.   Government claims about conquests over the rebels have in the past proven to be false or exaggerated.

50.   Government claims could not be verified.