31.  British Prime Minister Tony Blair telephoned U.S. President George W. Bush to express his sympathies, his official spokesman said.

32.  But the official spokesman, Kulbushan Jandyal, would not comment further.

33.  Earlier this month, Baghdad invited British weapons inspectors to check the country for weapons, an Iraqi newspaper quoted an official spokesman as saying.

34.  Hume died just hours after his official spokesman announced that his cancer had reached its final stages.

35.  Investigations revealed the fire was caused by an electrical fault in the exhaust fan of the sandwich kiosk, an official spokesman said.

36.  It quoted an unidentified official spokesman as saying Iraq was challenging Britain to prove that it is developing weapons of mass destruction.

37.  Munir Hamarneh won over his only other rival, Mazen Hannah, the official spokesman of the party.

38.  Neither had official Pentagon spokesmen who continued to insist this week that the directive covers armories.

39.  Official spokesmen have refused to confirm that Kim is in China, even though he has been seen by foreign reporters and diplomats in Shanghai.

40.  Official spokesman had denied that Indian forces were behind his disappearance.