1.   Balasuriya refused to sign a profession of faith without adding an unacceptable clause that watered it down, Ratzinger said.

2.   He said the Sri Lankan theologian refused to sign a profession of faith without adding an unacceptable clause that watered it down.

3.   Iraq has charged that the United States and Britain are trying to block the deal in the U.N. Security Council by demanding clauses unacceptable to Baghdad.

4.   Iraq has said the United States and Britain are trying to block the deal in the U.N. Security Council by demanding clauses unacceptable to Baghdad.