1.   The Yugoslav authorities at first talked of putting the three on trial, although some government officials have since retracted the threat.

2.   But they retracted the threat after a meeting Saturday night with the head of the Confederations Cup organzing committee, Alejandro Burillo.

3.   Comelec Chair Bernardo Pardo did right when he retracted his threat to carry out computerization of the coming elections even if it kills him.

4.   Speaker Dan Tichon vowed to boycott the visit but retracted his threat after Chirac arranged to stop by the Knesset Monday without making a speech.

5.   Although the threat was retracted in a letter sent to The New York Times Wednesday, authorities said there was no immediate plan to drop their guard.

6.   The prosecutors had earlier retracted a threat to take out the warrants Wednesday, saying they felt sure the strikes would subside.

7.   The prosecutors had earlier retracted a threat to take out the warrants Wednesday.

8.   The Zulu nationalist Inkatha youth brigade on Wednesday retracted a threat to make Johannesburg and Pretoria ungovernable unless President Nelson Mandela was arrested.

9.   Meanwhile, United Front officials upped their campaign to persuade one of the parties in the previous coalition to retract its threat to boycott the new government.