Israeli intelligence officials told their American counterparts that they have not found any evidence of an Iraqi role in the attacks, either.

C.I.A. officials told their Pakistani counterparts over the weekend that they would need more help on the ground in the coming weeks.

Saudi officials have told their American counterparts that they intend to choose guns over butter.

"We can't arrest hundreds of people without cause," he is said to have told his Israeli counterparts.

"We have gone backward today, not forward," he told his South Korean counterparts at the meeting.

The American delegates also told their counterparts that any agreement acceptable to the United States must maintain economic growth, the official said.

They told their counterparts at corporate headquarters that the investigators were being too aggressive, and some of the company's top executives apparently agreed.

Russian investigators have told their American counterparts they believe that crime groups in Russia exercised some form of control over the operation.

The girls are first tested to see if they can tell the difference between expensive items and their cheap but identical-looking counterparts, with some surprising results.

British officials told their American counterparts that London considered the operation important enough to make an exception to its regulations against accepting foreign nuclear material.