31.  U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy of West Virginia confirmed the news Sunday at a Democratic fund raiser in Steubenville, Ohio, according to Steubenville television station WTOV.

32.  Zhivkov was not present at the meeting, but when reached by telephone at his home confirmed the news.

33.  He predicted that the ceasefire would lapse if news were confirmed.

34.  His wife Elaine confirmed the news of his impending retirement.

35.  In Paris, the director of the Vendee Globe Challenge, Philippe Jeantot, refused to confirm the news that Roufs had been sighted.

36.  In Stockholm, the Swedish army confirmed the news of the accident.

37.  A Kuwaiti diplomat confirmed the news but did not give a cost for the project.

38.  Athletics Australia chief executive officer Simon Allatson could not confirm the news but said Freeman would make a public announcement later Thursday.

39.  The UNHCR had sent its staff to the site to try to confirm the news, Kessler said.

40.  Wasmosy confirmed the news, first announced in a statement from the US embassy here, during a news conference at the presidential residence.