61.   Kinshasa authorities also maintained silence over the reports of a counter-offensive by their troops, who have been easily routed by rebels in the previous months.

62.   Meanwhile, the Kashmir government renewed an appeal to the militants to free the hostages while maintaining silence on their demand.

63.   Silence has been maintained over these bones of contention for months, but the issues have re-emerged in the climate of election campaigning.

64.   So far she has maintained silence over any possible UN move, but that may end when she explains her resignation.

65.   The Commercial Affairs Department, which prosecuted Leeson, maintained its silence Monday on whether other Barings executives would be charged.

66.   The current spymaster, whose identity is a secret, has maintained the silence on operations the agency carries out abroad and denied the committee theright to question funding.