51.   The top diplomat downplayed reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had emerged as the winner of the two-day summit by refusing to bow to Palestinian demands.

52.   The United States on Wednesday downplayed reports of friction in negotiations over an international peacekeeping force for Afghanistan.

53.   The United Nations downplayed reports Thursday that forces loyal to the former Rwandan government were prepared to launch guerrilla fighting in southwestern Rwanda.

54.   The United States on Thursday downplayed reports that Washington would present new US plans to avert a humanitarian disaster in Burundi.

55.   US and British officials have downplayed the report implicating Iran in the bombing and stuck to their theories that Libya was behind the attack.

56.   Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev also downplayed reports on poor nuclear controls in Russia.

57.   Shamkhani meanwhile downplayed reports in the press here saying US warships regularly harassed Iranian ships in the Gulf.