61.   A Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman told reporters Tokyo is dead-set against paying any ransom the rebels might demand.

62.   A Justice Department spokesman told the Associated Press last month that officials intended to cooperate with the Spanish investigation after receiving a request in February.

63.   A Justice Ministry spokesman told the Austria Press Agency it was likely an arrest warrant would be issued Friday.

64.   A presidential spokesman told AP that Putin had pardoned Pope on humanitarian grounds.

65.   A presidential spokesman told AP that Putin pardoned Pope on humanitarian grounds and in order to preserve good relations with Washington.

66.   A Madrid ambulance service spokesman told the radio that three people were killed and that all the signs pointed toward a car bomb.

67.   A Putin spokesman told AP that the Russian leader pardoned Pope on humanitarian grounds and to preserve good relations with Washington.

68.   A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman told Interfax he could not confirm Russian military participation in the violence.

69.   A Russian helicopter was shot down Tuesday, killing two military doctors and a crewman, a government spokesman told the ITAR-Tass news agency.

70.   A team spokesman on Friday told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, that the Cowboys had no comment.