1.   A Polish diplomat now sits in the office that was used by the last United States Ambassador, April Glaspie.

2.   Finally, the Polish diplomat resorted to a stiff rejoinder that ended the exchange.

3.   Polish diplomats who were permitted to visit the two men on Thursday reported that both were in good health.

4.   Talking to an American reporter, the Polish diplomat was cautious in his remarks about Iraq.

5.   The Polish diplomat reaches for the telephone and listens, eyebrows arched.

6.   The Russians responded by expelling nine Polish diplomats.

7.   The two men had been taken first to the American Embassy, now staffed by Polish diplomats, and celebrated with pizza and champagne.

8.   Polish diplomat Ryszard Krystosik represents the United States in the Iraqi capital in the absence of formal U.S.-Iraqi relations.

9.   Polish diplomats said there were at least seven Poles among the dead, including two Polish lawmakers.

10.   Polish diplomats and Red Cross officials have not been able to visit two Americans held by Iraq despite repeated requests, according to a Polish news report Sunday.