21.   Demonstration organizers had refused police requests to apply for a permit, he said.

22.   Event organizers refused to confirm or deny whether she has withdrawn officially.

23.   In an apparent effort to prevent violence, the government Friday issued a permit for the demonstration, although its organizers had refused to seek it.

24.   Organizers refused to disclose his fee.

25.   Organizers refused to say who had arrived but said initial meetings were already planned for Wednesday evening.

26.   Police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said that demonstration organizers had refused police requests to apply for a permit.

27.   Salt Lake organizers have refused to identify the other IOC relatives who received scholarships.

28.   Sydney Olympics organizers refused to comment.

29.   The chief organizer refused to say Tuesday whether the count would also include east Jerusalem, where the Palestinians hope to establish a capital.

30.   The government banned the rallies because the organizers had refused to apply for the mandatory licenses, saying the requirement is unconstitutional and the rallies educational and not political.