1.   Although the two tribunals are distinct, they are linked by a common appeal chamber and a common prosecutor.

2.   But then there are the interests of the appeals chamber itself.

3.   Meantime, Mrs. Del Ponte has taken the unprecedented step of asking the appeals chamber to reconsider.

4.   The appeals chamber would have five judges, three appointed by Annan.

5.   The tribunal has two trial chambers of three judges each that conduct the criminal trials without juries, and an appeals chamber that includes the five remaining judges.

6.   An appeals chamber overturned an earlier ruling in a lower chamber refusing the request.

7.   As president, McDonald will head the five-judge appeals chamber of the court.

8.   But in another case, May showed his tough side when he presided over a five-member appeals chamber.

9.   But the appeals chamber said that the tribunal was lawfully established.

10.   But the appeals chamber said that the tribunal was lawfully established by the Security Council.