1.   Kokh reported the fee on an income declaration this year, but has dismissed charges that any quid pro quo was involved.

2.   The dismissed charge had accused him of violating bribery laws by intervening for financial backers.

3.   But Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa hailed the Israeli decision and dismissed charges it was a political ploy.

4.   Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, a former defense secretary who filed the Senate version of the anti-terrorism bill, dismissed charges his proposal will bring back strongman rule.

5.   Secretary for Works Kwong Hon-sang dismissed charges of secret deals with construction employers, saying there were genuine needs for more workers.

6.   The district court in Alesund acquitted dismissed one charge because the employee was a manager and thus not covered by the law.

7.   The top Roman Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land on Wednesday dismissed charges by foreign Christians that Yasser Arafat was turning Christmas festivities in Bethlehem into a political circus.