1.   An attorney for the arrested officers denied the charges, saying the detainees fabricated their accounts.

2.   Another of the three rabbis approached by the arrested officers remained shaken weeks later.

3.   Court proceedings involving the recently arrested officers could take many months or even years, and the lengths of any sentences remain uncertain.

4.   Officials said there was insufficient evidence to charge the arrested officers with any crimes other than perjury.

5.   Such cooperation is considered unlikely, but in the meantime, the special-powers act gives the government the authority to detain the arrested officers indefinitely.

6.   An official working on behalf of the Taiwanese government, Frank Chang, met with the arrested officers Wednesday night.

7.   Bosnian Serb leaders are infuriated by a Bosnian government announcement that two recently arrested senior Serb officers may face war crimes charges.

8.   Col. Rex Piad, chief of the police anti-narcotics command, said summary dismissal proceedings would be launched against the arrested officers.

9.   He did not name the other arrested officers.

10.   The arrested officers allegedly helped protect the ring, she said.