101.   But according to government officials, union leaders refused to negotiate a compromise.

102.   But GOP leaders refused to budge on the Cuba issue and came under fire from members of their own party.

103.   But local Orange leaders have refused to negotiate with protesters from the Garvaghy Road.

104.   But Palestinian leaders have adamantly refused to turn suspects over to the Israelis.

105.   But it was widely regarded as a failure when the leaders of the rebel Bougainville Revolutionary Army refused to attend.

106.   But separatist leaders refused to meet Wahid in protest against alleged human rights abuses by the military.

107.   But Taliban leaders have refused Iranian demands that the killers be handed over.

108.   But NATO leaders have refused to actively search for them, saying that that is not in their mandate.

109.   But party leaders refused comment on the newspaper report.

110.   But Russian church leaders refuse to meet with the pontiff.