In the initial reports were that 15 Iraqi civilians were killed by that roadside bomb.
Amid a partial news blackout in Egypt, initial reports claimed that ground troops, backed by helicopter gunships, had killed at least a score of the jihadists, though locals were sceptical of the claim.
The NATO military coalition said in a statement that "initial reports" showed no enemy activity in the area at the time.
The popular minister had rejected as "absurd" initial reports in the Suddeutsche Zeitung that one passage was copied word for word from a newspaper article and another was taken from a public lecture, without attribution.
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But after the death of Princess Diana in an automobile crash, which initial news reports blamed on aggressive photographers, interest in the photographers boomed.
Initial reports said the in-form ex-Australian Test star had suffered only bruising in the win over Newcastle.
Kirsten Kreiling, president of the Columbine Memorial Foundation, said she believed the initial reports that the killers were in the Trench Coat Mafia and targeted jocks.
The President has had an opportunity to review those initial reports with Mr. Brennan in the Oval Office for about an hour yesterday, along with other members of his national security team here at the White House.
The spokesman said the soldiers responded in accordance with rules of engagement, based on initial reports.
Lally said the oil was being contained and there was no evidence of it washing ashore despite initial reports Sunday of an oily sheen in the area.
Initial reports are that 15 personnel were killed in the attack: 14 United States Marines and one interpreter.
Initial reports of cables sent by Eikenberry appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.
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Marine officials said that according to initial reports, the alleged attacker was isolated in a barracks building by law-enforcement personnel before killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Initial reports from Sri Lankan military officials suggested the arrest took place in Thailand, but Bangkok later denied such reports.
According to initial police reports, the women told investigators that they were chained in the basement of the home, but later moved upstairs to rooms on the second floor.
Initial reports suggest well over 2, 000 Palestinian refugees have also sought refuge in Lebanon, it said.
Allegations of further transgressions by agents have emerged after the initial reports of heavy drinking and consorting with prostitutes last month before Obama arrived in Cartagena.
"Initial reports from ground forces do not clearly identify the cause of the mishap while in transit to the proposed target, " the U.S. military said.
According to reports from Bloomberg, the Chinese government is expected to render an initial factual determination in November, a full eight months ahead of schedule.
Reuters reports that on remand, the presiding administrative law judge reversed his stance in a new initial determination, clearing Microsoft of the remaining infringement charge for patent number 6, 069, 896 on wireless peer-to-peer technology.
"Initial reports point to these explosions being a result of Israeli missiles that targeted the research center in Jamraya, " SANA said.
After the initial reports, the Saudi Ministry of Justice denied that paralysis had ever been considered as punishment in that case.
However, the BBC's Mike Wooldridge in Islamabad says when there were similar reports of a drone strike last weekend the Pakistani authorities eventually said the initial accounts were mistaken.
Reports said some 30 firefighters who had been tackling the initial fire were injured as they were caught in the explosion.
"According to the initial reports, (there) are six persons from France who were out skiing and got caught in the avalanche, " Skogvang told CNN.
Initial reports received by the general from the outfit that did the killing said 15 civilians had been killed in a crossfire, along with eight insurgents.
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