41.   The leader of Hezbollah dismissed the claims.

42.   The Palestinian leader dismissed the possibility of exile Thursday.

43.   Western leaders dismiss this as a ploy.

44.   Zairian rebel leader dismisses calls for international intervention force.

45.   Yeltsin called a unilateral two-week truce for Victory Day, but Chechen leaders dismissed it as a propaganda ploy.

46.   He also said housing and infrastructure would be built for Palestinians in the eastern sector, but Palestinian leaders dismissed this as a gesture.

47.   In Nigeria business leaders dismissed the plan as window dressing.

48.   Awami League leaders dismissed fears that they could be harassed by the powerful opposition at every turn.

49.   But Egyptian leaders have dismissed suggestions that terrorism is linked to poverty.

50.   But Congress leaders dismissed the possibility.