11.   Under pressure from Kodak, the U.S. Trade Representative complained to the WTO after Japan rebuffed calls for direct talks on the issue.

12.   When that call was rebuffed, de la Rua told his closest aides that he had no choice but to tape a televised resignation address.

13.   Yeltsin and the Russian Security Council have rebuffed calls for a conference that would bring together diverse groups to seek a peaceful resolution to the Chechnya crisis.

14.   Apparently dramatizing British ire, Major rebuffed two calls from Clinton last week.

15.   Both he and Bush urged Israel on Saturday to stop its incursions without delay, but Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rebuffed the call.

16.   Britain and France had repeatedly rebuffed calls by Clinton for decisive action against the Serbs, arguing that aggressive strikes would endanger their peacekeepers on the ground in Bosnia.

17.   But she rebuffed opposition calls for her to resign.

18.   But the regime has rebuffed her calls for dialogue.

19.   He rebuffed all calls to divest himself of any assets if he becomes premier.

20.   Last week, the government rebuffed a call by a U.N. panel to make restitution to the surviving women who were forced into sexual bondage to the Imperial Army.