11.   A previous engagement to a German facing drug smuggling charges broke up last year.

12.   Guatemalan president Alvara Arzu will not be present because of a previous engagement, Latorre said.

13.   She has a longstanding previous engagement out of the country, her office says.

14.   He had been expected to see investigators Thursday afternoon but his lawyer Bernard Cahen arranged for a later meeting citing a previous engagement.

15.   De Klerk turned down an invitation to attend the rally, citing a previous engagement.

16.   De Klerk himself turned down an invitation to attend the rally, citing a previous engagement.

17.   Several of the ministers representing signatories of the accord are scheduled to leave Oslo on Tuesday evening due to previous engagements, Eide added.