41.   The paper cited information contained in files of the former East German Stasi secret police.

42.   The paper cited people close to the Formula One circuit.

43.   The paper cited the example of the Dutch shipping company Wijsmuller, whose tug was returned to the company only after payment of a ransom.

44.   The paper cited unspecified Egyptian sources as saying Egyptian authorities had extradited Ghossein to Gaza via the Rafah border crossing at the request of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.