11.   Instead, the Bosnian Serb authorities appointed their own lawyers to defend the seven Muslims.

12.   Instead, the Bosnian Serb authorities appointed lawyers to defend the seven.

13.   Instead, the Bosnian Serb authorities appointed their own lawyers.

14.   On Wednesday night, authorities appointed a mediator to seek a settlement.

15.   The school may employ qualified lecturers for military courses rather than take officers appointed by authorities, he said.

16.   The report urged national authorities to appoint more inspectors and to step up investment in new monitoring techniques such as satellite surveillance and computer links between monitoring agencies.

17.   Indian authorities appointed fresh mediators late Friday in a bid to resume snapped contact with the Moslem rebel abductors holding four Western tourists for nearly three months in Kashmir.

18.   The official spokesman said the authorities have appointed a new mediator named Abdul Kabir Sheikh, but added the militants did not allow him to enter the shrine.