71.   Putin and other officials have dismissed such allegations in the past.

72.   Putin dismissed allegations that closer ties between Russia and the West could hurt relations between Moscow and Beijing.

73.   Pescante also dismissed allegations that Italian Olympic committee officials hid evidence that would prove the use of banned substances by the players.

74.   A British High Commission official in the Nigerian capital of Abuja dismissed the allegations as baseless.

75.   A Macedonian police official dismissed the allegation as ridiculous.

76.   A government-appointed council dismissed the allegations by Baroness Caroline Cox and Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas as part of a campaign to overthrow the government.

77.   A hearing began Thursday that may decide whether a court will indict the former seven-time premier or dismiss the allegations of decades of Mafia collaboration.

78.   A defiant Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, her volatile temper flaring at times, denied Thursday she ordered killings or committed atrocities and dismissed allegations against her as lunacy.

79.   A parliamentary commission led by the ruling party dismissed the allegations Tuesday despite objections from opposition deputies on the panel.

80.   Achmad also dismissed allegations that ICMI was a political organization that people used as a stepping stone to obtain political positions in the bureaucracy.