61.   But German authorities acknowledge they were unable to pin down earlier contacts by bin Laden operatives to Muslims living in Hamburg.

62.   Chinese authorities acknowledge there is unrest in the region.

63.   Chinese authorities have acknowledged unrest in the region.

64.   Federal authorities have acknowledged that they were cautioned about terrorist threats and lax security before the nearly simultaneous embassy bombings in East Africa.

65.   Even Indian military authorities acknowledge the city could scarcely absorb any more troops.

66.   Federal authorities have acknowledged they were cautioned about terrorist threats and lax security before the nearly simultaneous bombings.

67.   Federal authorities have acknowledged they were cautioned about terrorist threats and lax security before the nearly simultaneous embassy bombings.

68.   Fourteen miners remain trapped underground in the mine, though authorities acknowledge that they were probably all dead by now even if they survived the initial explosion.

69.   Iraqi authorities acknowledged Friday that there were disturbances in the impoverished southern city of Basra in mid-March.

70.   Israeli authorities have acknowledged that they failed to inform the family that the heart was missing.