1.   Du Pont was seen walking from room to room in the house as late as midnight, officials said.

2.   His smuggling operation employed shipping containers and sailing vessels to move the freight, officials said.

3.   It takes an average of nine months to get a green card application processed, officials said.

4.   More belt tightening and job cuts are needed to keep spending in line, officials said.

5.   Other countries were looking to the United States to take a firm leadership role, said one official.

6.   The treaties covered bilateral protection and promotion of investments, penal cooperation, cultural exchanges and customs cooperation, officials said.

7.   Repairs to Darlington Dolphin Centre would cost less than expected but some improvement work would be left undone, council officials said this week.

8.   Mr Lavelle had been a member of Hendon RFC since he was a teenager, said club officials.

9.   Al-Qaida fighters who have escaped appear to have blended in with Pashtuns whose tribal lands straddle the Afghan-Pakistani border, Western and Pakistani officials said.

10.   Also today, Iraqi airplanes approached the no-fly zone where U.S. warplanes were patrolling, but retreated before entering the zone, officials said.