1.   The trial has been delayed until November because the defence is not ready to proceed.

2.   The judge blasted the lawyers for delaying the trial.

3.   We could have delayed the trial until the tax business was settled.

4.   Mr Justice Latham later told the jury the prosecution had received new evidence from doctors over the weekend which had to be considered and the trial would be delayed.

5.   Although Carroll said he believed that defense attorneys could be ready for trial in December, he agreed to delay the trial until late January.

6.   Authorities gave no reason for delaying the trial of the defendant, Lin Hai, which had been scheduled to begin on Friday in Shanghai.

7.   Batts has delayed the trial in order to decide whether it will be fair to proceed without Risenhoover.

8.   Beijing may have intentionally delayed the trials until after the Olympics decision.

9.   A hearing could delay a trial still further and might eventually require the judge to dismiss the jurors and begin the months-long process of jury selection again.