61.   Italian authorities said Monday they would study the asylum request after meeting with the Kurds.

62.   Italy is now weighing his asylum request.

63.   Montesinos unexpectedly abandoned Panama on Sunday night, where his asylum request had met with stiff resistance.

64.   Most of the rest, their asylum requests denied, remain jailed in Pennsylvania, California, New York and Virginia awaiting action on appeals of the denials.

65.   Moscoso has said that while she considers the asylum request, Montesinos could stay in Panama under a visa granted by a previous Panamanian president.

66.   Negotiations will seek agreement too on mechanisms with Switzerland on how to handle asylum requests.

67.   Officials said they were considering whether to grant asylum requests.

68.   Nicholas Martin, counsellor for political affairs, said the five have refused to leave the embassy until London agrees to their asylum request.

69.   Oleksandr Horobets said he submitted the asylum request to the American Embassy in Kiev.

70.   Panama had originally refused an asylum request for Montesinos.