61.   Without providing an explanation, Fabbri said Sawaya refused to conduct such a study.

62.   You can reduce the risk by providing detailed explanations of deductions and income sources.

63.   A fuller explanation was then provided by a Pentagon official speaking anonymously.

64.   And it is having a hard time providing an explanation.

65.   Arafat and his Cabinet should reopen the Hamas institutions immediately and provide an explanation as to why and how they were closed in the first place, lawmakers said.

66.   But none appeared, claiming urgent business or illness, or providing no explanation at all.

67.   But State Department spokesman Richard Boucher repeated on Thursday that Arafat had neither provided an explanation of the smuggling nor arrested the key figures.

68.   Government officials did not immediately provide an explanation.

69.   He has been detained ever since and officials have not provided an explanation of the detention or charges against him.