41.   Asked whether any spying activity occurred, the official repeated that no charges had been filed.

42.   Britain advised its citizens Thursday to avoid non-essential trips to Liberia, while U.S. officials repeated a long-standing warning to Americans considering travel to the West African country.

43.   FBI officials on Wednesday repeated their position.

44.   In Washington, U.S. officials repeated their position that they would consider airdrops of relief supplies.

45.   Israeli security officials have repeated said they have received warnings that Islamic militants would try to stage an attack on Israelis to torpedo the peace process.

46.   Japanese government officials repeated their concerns about an excessively strong yen.

47.   Meanwhile, opponents of the Temelin plant in Austria renewed their criticism of the facility, and government officials also repeated their concerns.

48.   Mainland officials repeated earlier statements on Wednesday that they had not discovered any cases of bird flu in humans.

49.   Mellon Bank officials repeated that it does not appear to be a case of identity theft, stolen checks or disclosure of sensitive taxpayer information.

50.   Saudi officials have repeated their warnings to all pilgrims that they must leave the oil-rich kingdom after completing the hajj or face fines and jail terms.