101. Conference organizers declined to disclose a list of all the donors making pledges saying they would hold off to allow time for additional donors to announce pledges. 102. Conference organizers said they sent out invitations to numerous individuals from southern Mediterranean countries, but many were unable to attend or did not show up. 103. Delegates from the EU and the United States are attending the meeting, which opened Monday, conference organizers said. 104. Conference organizers said pornography is an eight to ten billion dollar industry in the United States alone. 105. Conference organizers tolerated limited protests aimed at government officials and drug companies, which activists have accused of indifference and greed. 106. Conference organizers said they brought economists together to exchange ideas on economic growth with equality. 107. Conference organizers say the proposals seek to cut birth rates partly by giving women greater economic and educational opportunities. 108. The spokesman for conference organizers, Tom Bridgman, however, said he would not identify the official. 109. There was no immediate official North Korean response to approval from the Seoul government, but conference organizers said they would prepare for the entry of North Korean delegates. 110. Makupula and Baca are now under the custody of the conference organizers. |