11.   Yeltsin tried to oust Skuratov last month, but the upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, refused to accept the dismissal.

12.   However, they have refused to accept their dismissal, and it is still unclear who is controlling the army.

13.   However, conflicting reports in the Yugoslav press Wednesday left it unclear whether Mladic would accept his dismissal or would continue to refuse to step down.

14.   But the soldiers refused to accept their dismissal.

15.   Colic had earlier called on his predecessor to accept his dismissal in a statement issued by SRNA.

16.   Colic later called on his predecessor to accept his dismissal in a statement issued by the Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA.

17.   Western officials said the backing for the ousted premier, who has refused to accept his dismissal, amounted to a validation of his moderate approach.

18.   Kasagic has refused to accept his dismissal.

19.   Since Bucaram, who is holed up inside the government building, also refuses to accept his dismissal, Ecuador had Friday three people claiming to be its president.

20.   The independent Nasa Borba newspaper Wednesday quoted a source close to Colic as saying that Mladic had accepted his dismissal.