1.   As a result the meeting was contentious, lasting seven hours as ministers sat through three closed door sessions.

2.   Some Republicans have argued that witnesses should be heard in closed door sessions.

3.   After a six-hour closed door session, the court said a ruling would be announced today.

4.   After a six-hour closed door session, the court said a ruling would be announced Monday.

5.   Aides traveling with Chirac and officials from the Francophonie summit say human rights will be on the agenda during closed door sessions with Vietnamese officials.

6.   Deutch spoke before cameras after emerging from a two-hour closed door session with the Senate Intelligence Committee.

7.   In a special closed door session, the court decided not to make the classified information available, said their lawyer Allegra Pacheo.

8.   In remarks for delivery during the closed door conference session, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said the Stability Pact needed Yugoslavia to be truly successful.

9.   Later in the day, in a closed door session, the FBI updated committee members on progress it is making in its investigation of the Cole tragedy.

10.   He was giving evidence to a closed door session of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee.