11.  PUC spokesman Terry Hadley acknowledged a backlog of complaints and said officials there are attempting to correct the problem.

12.  Sharp said officials will have to wait until the audit is concluded before knowing for sure.

13.  The European Union must spur mergers in its defense industry for it to survive in the face of U.S. competition, said German officials and aerospace executives.

14.  The executive said officials at Alcan and Alusuisse were worried that Pechiney stockholders might balk at supporting a deal that would give control of the French company to foreigners.

15.  The report centers on allegations of reporting and trading irregularities, said officials at the Caracas Stock Exchange.

16.  Those young offenders will be taken to the new center and dealt with swiftly, said officials from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.

17.  Two months ago, said officials, he began to search on missing person Web sites, particularly one called The Doe Network.

18.  Putilin denied the military employed such tactics, but said officials do work with police to track down draft-dodgers.

19.  A European Parliament statement earlier this month urged a negotiated end to the war and said Russian officials had done not nearly enough to investigate alleged abuses in Chechnya.

20.  A Cuban human rights activist based in Miami, Ramon Cernuda, said officials seemed to be using summary trials.