1.   American courts have permitted lawsuits by foreign citizens against foreign leaders, such as the Bosnian Serb Radovan Karadzic, for such crimes.

2.   -- The justices signaled that they may enter into a brewing controversy about whether federal law permits sexual harassment lawsuits involving a supervisor or co-worker of the same gender.

3.   -- The court said the Clinton administration can present arguments next month in favor of permitting lawsuits for same-gender sexual harassment.

4.   A California federal appeals court said the law only permits private lawsuits aimed at toughening, rather than easing, government habitat protections.

5.   Bush did not say that he initially had vetoed a bill that permitted lawsuits and later let another bill with lawsuits go through without his signature.

6.   Courts around the country are divided about whether such lawsuits may be permitted.

7.   HMOs, who have support among Republicans, oppose any bill that would permit lawsuits.

8.   In fact, legislation in almost every no-fault state left wide loopholes that permitted lawsuits for a range of non-economic losses.

9.   Individual lawsuits are still permitted under the rule, spokesman Mahoney noted.

10.   It permits lawsuits in either federal or state courts.