1.   He was deeply wounded by the treachery of close aides.

2.   ...a close aide to the Prime Minister.

3.   Maj. Rupert Christopher, a close aide of the instigator of the December coup, Lt.-Col. Dsir Desi Bouterse, became Minister of Defence.

4.   He was replaced by a close aide, Roger Dib, secretary-general of the Phalangist Party.

5.   Additionally, the Congress retained its newly won right to confirm the appointments of key ministers, and Yeltsin was forced to dismiss his close aide, Gennady Burbulis.

6.   Also arrested have been a close aide to the opposition leader Kim Dae Jung, two bank presidents, Chung and another Hanbo executive.

7.   Arafat, his bodyguards, and dozens of close aides are holed up in Ramallah, ringed by Israeli troops.

8.   At first a close aide to Khatami seemed to suggest that a U.S. lawmaker might be welcome.

9.   Attention was drawn to Darkazanli by his contacts in the past with former close aides of Osama bin Ladin.

10.   A close aide, Huang Chu-wen, will be the party chairman.