1.   On Korea, Clinton rebuffed gentle pressure from Kim to ease U.S. economic sanctions against communist North Korea.

2.   President Slobodan Milosevic was looking for strong support from his fellow Serbs in his campaign to rebuff Western pressure to intervene.

3.   Rebuffing international pressure, Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski on Wednesday said there was no need for a multinational force in Macedonia past the present NATO mission.

4.   Rebuffing international pressure, an influential government minister said Wednesday there was no need for a multinational force in Macedonia after NATO completes its weapons collection mission.

5.   Sohrabi said the charges emerged after Khatami rebuffed conservative pressure and renamed Zanganeh as oil minister after his June re-election.

6.   Sohrabi said trouble started after Khatami rebuffed conservative pressure and renamed Zanganeh as oil minister after his June re-election.

7.   The military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has rebuffed international pressure to set a timeframe for a return to democracy.

8.   Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was looking for strong support from his fellow Serbs in his campaign to rebuff Western pressure to intervene in Kosovo.