1.   Erm, the rule of evidence is that it is inherently unlikely that anybody would make a statement against their own interest unless it was true.

2.   ATLANTA - A Gwinnett County man must stand trial on federal charges that he made threatening statements against President-elect George W. Bush, a judge ruled Thursday.

3.   Averett, who is black and dating a white man said the march is also a statement against the prejudice against mixed marriages.

4.   Bin Laden has made repeated statements against the United States and has a World Wide Web site devoted in part to condemnation of the West, officials said.

5.   Binoche in particular wanted the film made for its statement against capital punishment.

6.   Alfredo Roberts was not given some sort of immunity for a statement against Michael Irvin.

7.   Buchanan makes many Hispanics uneasy because of his tough statements against immigration.

8.   But it has taken weeks for two of the traumatized youngsters to offer statements against their parents, which were necessary for the arrests, a prosecutor said.

9.   But White House officials also are mindful that a strong statement against development could make a lot of western landowners and business people angry.