31.  He refused to name the hospital or the town where it is located but said local officials there were considering closing it.

32.  His job could go to the deputy foreign minister, Riyadh al-Qaisi, said officials speaking on condition of anonymity.

33.  Heavy rains and swelling rivers flooded four districts that adjoin the capital, Dhaka, said officials at the Central Flood Control Center.

34.  However, an Afghan Ariana commercial airliner was landing when several rockets struck, said officials.

35.  In Cairo, Israeli Embassy spokeswoman Ayellet Yehiev, said officials were studying the implications of the Egyptian recall, but that her ambassador would stay in his post.

36.  King and her colleagues will tour the country and talk to Taliban officials and Afghan men and women as well as U.N. agency and NGO staffers, said officials.

37.  Liu promised to build top-quality venues should Beijing win and said officials will let the inspectors judge the city warts and all.

38.  Marcos accused state police of trying to cover up the massacre by hiding the bodies in caves and hastily dug graves, and said federal officials supplied the firepower.

39.  Mubarak referred to the incident, and said Sudanese officials evicted Egyptian military attaches and their families from their homes in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Wednesday night.

40.  No police were killed or wounded, said officials.