71.   Authorities would not confirm the reports.

72.   Authorities confirmed Monday that policemen snatched a local politician from his office in southern Moldova and said he was in investigative custody on suspicion of abuse of power.

73.   Authorities confirmed the arrest but did not immediately have details, including the names of the couple.

74.   Authorities did not confirm the operation, though reports have circulated that more massacres of civilians had occurred in the region.

75.   Authorities on Sunday confirmed Tapia was arrested Thursday night.

76.   Authorities rarely confirm or comment on such operations.

77.   Authorities would not confirm if anyone was killed in the shooting at Conception Abbey.

78.   Belgian authorities would not confirm the identities of those arrested, but Vande Lanotte said they suspected one was directly involved in the Paris subway attack.

79.   British airport authorities confirmed that the incident was being investigated.

80.   British authorities were not confirming the identity of the trader.