11.   Gailhaguet has denied pressuring the judge and Le Gougne has retracted her accusation against Gailhaguet.

12.   The drug lord later retracted his accusation, but many Peruvians believed he had been forced to withdraw his charge.

13.   The reports said Gazprom threatened a countersuit if the tax police accusations were not retracted within two weeks.

14.   The South Korean government said it would not authorize a second shipment of cattle unless the North retracted its accusations.

15.   The youth later retracted his accusation and said police had pressured him into implicating celebrities in the case.

16.   Three of the boys later retracted their accusations.