1.   He did not indicate Monday how he would respond to what amounted to not just a formal rejection, but a public scolding.

2.   The vote is, in many ways, a formal rejection of a Somali government formed last summer that has had trouble asserting its control over the entire country.

3.   Worse, he said, there was no formal rejection.

4.   The documents include the official indictments of Wei, statements and petitions by the defendant and his lawyers, and the formal rejection of his final appeal.

5.   The Iraqi parliament met Monday to debate a formal rejection of a UN offer allowing Baghdad to sell limited quantities of oil to buy food and medicine.