1.   The government has strongly rejected the demands, insisting that Congress is the only legitimate forum for negotiating national issues.

2.   They rejected a demand for the removal of all nuclear weapons from U.K. soil.

3.   The government rejected the demand, describing it as absolutely insupportable.

4.   President Blaise Compaor continued to reject demands for a national conference, proposing instead a national reconciliation forum.

5.   They said other delegations had rejected their demand to deal with the issues of violence and the future form of the state before setting an election date.

6.   An infuriated Clinton administration rejected the demand as an unprecedented violation of the rules of behavior between allies in such circumstances.

7.   And it rejected repeated demands by the gunmen that the plane be refueled.

8.   Arafat rejected the demands, saying they amounted to a countervention of earlier commitments Israel made on troop withdrawals.

9.   Arkansas officials rejected the demand, however, arguing that in circumstances such as this one, the commission was allowed to overrule itself.

10.   Attorney General Janet Reno rejected demands that she appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the accusations.