51.  Washington has not yet officially rejected the EU request, but EU officials expect a negative response.

52.  Zaeef said the surrender called for Omar to live in Kandahar under the protection of the new local administration, which apparently prompted the negative response from Rumsfeld.

53.  He said in their brief conversation he was able to tell him the coup had brought negative responses from France, Gabon, the United States and Portugal.

54.  Executives across Australia reported a positive outlook for the three months to June, after a gloomy five consecutive quarters of negative responses, the survey said.