1.   Besides, China asserted that the Americans had invaded sovereign Chinese territory, a charge U.S. officials refuted, but delicately.

2.   But the Pentagon has also been accused of relying on faulty intelligence, sometimes provided by rival warlords, to attack targets, a charge military officials deny.

3.   Defenders of Lee have said that investigators focused solely on him because of ethnic profiling, a charge government officials deny.

4.   Those renovations are now under way, but the plaintiffs say the state dragged its feet until Abbott was appointed, a charge state officials deny.

5.   Iran, meanwhile, stepped up its accusations that Israel had colluded with the hijacker from the start, a charge Israeli officials denied.

6.   Kongolo also accused the United Nations of siding with the rebels -- a charge U.N. officials deny.

7.   Mubarak has accused Turabi of planning the assassination, a charge Sudanese officials have denied.

8.   Sudan accuses Uganda, its southern neighbor of helping the southern rebels, a charge Ugandan officials deny.

9.   The Chinese women are expected to dominate despite being dogged by speculation about rumored steroid use, a charge Chinese officials denied.

10.   The Chinese women have been dogged since by speculation about drugs, a charge Chinese officials deny.