21.   He was to meet Friday with Sharon, who has rebuffed US demands for a halt to the West Bank blitz, and also see Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.

22.   However Mladic rebuffed those demands.

23.   Army Secretary Togo West rebuffed demands for an independent investigation, saying the criminal proceedings should go forth first.

24.   The Palestinian Authority rebuffed demands that Palestinian businessmen pay millions of dollars in back payments owed from contracts with Israelis, an official said Wednesday.

25.   US authorities say those suspects are in Libya, which has rebuffed demands for their extradition.

26.   Netanyahu has also apparently rebuffed demands by another ultra-nationalist firebrand, Rafael Eytan, to control the defense ministry, sources said.

27.   The government has rebuffed opposition demands for the resignation of Communications Minister Sukh Ram and rejected a parliamentary probe into the telecom controversy.

28.   The government is expected to rebuff the demand as it has earlier appeals from unions for a rise in the wages of unskilled labourers.