1.   And coalition officials say they did nothing wrong.

2.   A Bulkhil soldier left his bunker and spotted the Australians, coalition officials said.

3.   But the many months of dealing with Koizumi have led some coalition officials to feel they know how to handle the prime minister.

4.   Coalition officials said they wanted to leave that issue to the states.

5.   Coalition officials said they invited the presidential candidates of all three major parties to speak, but only Perot accepted.

6.   In reply, coalition officials insisted that the refusal was unlikely and that any decision close to the convention opening would effectively scuttle their plans for mass protest.

7.   Sakigake coalition party officials were not available for immediate comment on the report.

8.   The gathering of coalition officials on the steps of the Pentagon Monday came six months after a hijacked airliner smashed into the building.

9.   The group of coalition officials had been at the White House earlier Monday and then gathered at the Pentagon to discuss the war on terrorism.

10.   While Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, the majority leader and frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, did not attend, he met with coalition officials afterward.