1.   Annan urged all leaders arriving for the summit to use the unprecedented meeting to end poverty and make peace.

2.   But he left no doubt that bipartisanship would be fractured if Republicans pushed ahead with a vote, and he urged Republican leaders to put the matter off.

3.   The editorial urged church leaders to study whether priestly celibacy rules had any link to the sexual abuse of minors.

4.   The Iraqi government denounced Cheney as a criminal and urged Arab leaders who will be meeting him to resist US threats.

5.   Tomicki of the League of American Families said he would urge legislative leaders to make the waiting-period bill even more restrictive.

6.   U.S. diplomats across the continent have been instructed to urge European leaders to issue a new statement there declaring their desire for better ties with Turkey.

7.   Piot urged the leaders attending the forum to do more to fight the disease, not only for humanitarian reasons but also for financial ones.

8.   A Palestinian official told the Bethlehem protesters that the municipal council had telegraphed the summit urging its leaders to get Israel to lift the closure.

9.   A veteran democracy campaigner urged Chinese leaders Monday to adopt democratic reforms and prove their commitment to change by burning the body of Mao Tse-tung.

10.   Annan on Friday had urged African leaders - especially those at war in Congo - to renounce violence and accept compromise to achieve peace.