1.   Authorities would not comment on whether Thomas had been in Colorado or had any connection with the school shooting.

2.   Authorities would not comment on the call, but Attorney General John Ashcroft confirmed at a news conference that the hijackers had indeed used knives.

3.   Authorities would not comment on whether they expected a long standoff.

4.   He said the authority would not comment further on the company or Fischbein Badillo because of the pending litigation.

5.   It was the first time any competition authority commented on the likely response of U.S. antitrust officials to the Atlas venture.

6.   The authorities would not comment on whether they were investigating James, but reports that he might face legal difficulties have circulated before.

7.   The authorities would not comment on that report.

8.   The Belgian authorities would not comment on the report.

9.   Pakistan said it had deported Alsarai on Thursday, but Saudi authorities did not comment on the case until early Saturday as the Muslim weekend neared its end.

10.   A HKMA spokesman on Monday said the monetary authority did not comment on its money market operations.