1.   Kosovo leaders refused negotiations with Serbia, claiming that no dialogue could be guaranteed.

2.   Members of the opposition group on Darlington borough council were furious when Labour leaders refused to see the South African diplomats last week.

3.   Almost all foreign aid has been denied to the Bosnian Serbs because their leaders have refused to honor aspects of the peace agreement, reducing many people to paupers.

4.   And he suggested that Republican leaders are refusing to allow a vote on censure because they think it would pass.

5.   As much as they dislike Pemex, protest leaders refuse to even consider returning the oil industry to private hands, either domestic or foreign.

6.   As the veterans were received with honors in Parliament, its conservative leaders pointedly refused to attend.

7.   At an international conference in Kazakhstan earlier this week, the two leaders refused even to shake hands.

8.   Bipartisan legislation to block such moves has been proposed, but House Republican leaders have refused to allow it to reach a vote.

9.   Breitkreuz said the club leaders refused to help out the government as long as criminal penalties are attached to noncompliance.

10.   Bosnian Serb leaders have also refused to meet Muslim and Croatian officials since the two Bosnian Serb officers were detained.