1.   Pretoria refuses demands for judicial inquiry into assassination squads De Klerk reformist image suffers as cover-up feared.

2.   The House refused demands it stripped Muawad of his parliamentary immunity.

3.   And he allegedly swore and spat at a charter airline employees who refused his demand for a charter to Phoenix after missing the team plane.

4.   A farmer who nursed her back to health is refusing government demands that she also be slaughtered.

5.   Adding to the injury, after the ceremony, some young beggars cursed the well-heeled guests who refused their demands for a few francs.

6.   Bretches, who is serving a life term for second-degree murder, has refused one demand for samples.

7.   But Cook said Milosevic did not outright refuse the demand to hold talks immediately.

8.   But the deal imploded Wednesday, when Walter and Dresdner refused demands by Deutsche Bank to shut down most of the investment banking arm, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.

9.   Dowry killings, in which brides are murdered for refusing demands from husbands and in-laws for money and gifts, are also common, and only infrequently punished.

10.   Fujimori has remained iron fisted throughout the ordeal, staunchly refusing rebel demands during his sole public statement since crisis began ten days ago.