1.   Bush defended both men, and refused calls to fire them.

2.   McCain has never refused the call to duty.

3.   Murayama refused calls from the opposition to resign.

4.   Police and army commanders refused calls by hardliners in the governing Socialist Party to crush the protests.

5.   The NCAA has refused previous calls for championship games.

6.   Although Iran has refused European Union calls for it to lift the fatwa, it has promised not to send anyone to kill the author.

7.   Balorween refused repeated calls from The Associated Press, and his embassy declined comment.

8.   Britain has refused calls for early transfers.

9.   But the government has refused calls from international human rights groups and foreign leaders, including European lawmakers and South African President Nelson Mandela, to free Gusmao.

10.   China refused port calls after NATO bombed its embassy in Belgrade about three years ago, and again after the U.S.-China spy plane crisis last year.