41.   Radio Hong Kong quoted an unidentified government spokesman as expressing regret about the anguish caused to the parents and their children.

42.   RTP quoted a rebel spokesman as saying that they were preparing a counterattack.

43.   Several Beirut radio stations quoted an unnamed police spokesman as saying the bomb was powerful enough to have caused a bloodbath reminiscent of civil war atrocities.

44.   The agency also quoted Russian military spokesmen as denying those claims.

45.   State television, in its nightly news bulletin, quoted an unidentified government spokesman as saying the emergency powers were to take immediate effect.

46.   Talks on the two-year contract for the Liberian player concluded Monday in Cannes, France, the ANSA news agency quoted a Milan spokesman as saying.

47.   The Afghan Islamic Press quoted a Taliban spokesman as saying any coalition with Rabbani would be impossible.

48.   The Afghan Islamic Press gave no details on the flight, but cited northern alliance spokesmen as saying the helicopter crashed Saturday night in northern Takhar province.

49.   The Austria Press Agency cited an unidentified transit authority spokesman as saying that the driver apparently overlooked a falsely positioned rail switch at a junction.

50.   The Chechens were resisting strongly with armored vehicles, mortars, missiles and firearms, Interfax quoted a military spokesman as saying.