81.   Yemeni authorities have so far refused to allow investigators to directly question suspects or witnesses in Aden, though they have allowed the Americans to submit questions.

82.   Youngworth will not offer proof he had access to the art, and authorities refuse to negotiate without it.

83.   Palestinian authorities refuse to hand over wanted men to Israel for trial, preferring to try them in Palestinian courts.

84.   A conference on media freedom was canceled Wednesday after Serbian authorities refused to issue visas to several Council of Europe officials due to attend the conference, organizers said.

85.   A court last week ordered the government to allow Zardari to attend Senate sessions, something authorities have refused to allow since he was elected last March.

86.   According to Sroufek, the tortoises were kept in Slovakia for so long because Greek authorities refused to pay for their transportation home.

87.   After a trip to Rome, the Vietnamese authorities refused to let him come back, the radio report said.

88.   After Mobutu tried to curb rampant inflation by issuing new banknotes, authorities there refused to accept them and kept using the old ones.

89.   After his release last May, the authorities refused to give him a licence to run a peddler business.

90.   Afghan authorities refused to comment on that possibility.