11.   An arbitration panel threw out the disqualifications of five other athletes who tested positive for using a stimulant.

12.   Appleton said the arbitration panels were meant to provide a nonpolitical alternative to resolving disputes in court.

13.   Both sides are awaiting the selection of a three-member arbitration panel to review the appeal.

14.   A dispute over how much to pay the private lawyers Morales hired to fight the tobacco industry will be handled by a special arbitration panel later this year.

15.   A NAFTA arbitration panel ruled earlier that the ban on Mexican trucks was in violation of the trade agreement.

16.   A dispute over a deal to distribute water in Buenos Aires province in Argentina, for instance, is before an international arbitration panel.

17.   A NAFTA arbitration panel in February ruled that the United States was in violation of its treaty obligations.

18.   A New York Stock Exchange arbitration panel made the award late last week.

19.   A three-member arbitration panel, selected by the tobacco industry and the lawyers, would determine how much each law firm would receive from the fund.

20.   After protesting her innocence for eight months, swimmer Jessica Foschi has been exonerated by an arbitration panel that removed sanctions arising from her positive steroids test.