11.   It was not known what the businessman had previously paid for them.

12.   Prosecutors said they would ask the Taichung District Court to impose life imprisonment on two of the officers for allegedly making the businessman pay their dining and drinking bills.

13.   The implication of the story was that the businessmen paid bribes to the government to obtain favors.

14.   The mainstream rebel administration complains that Ugandan businessmen are paying no taxes on the items, which are then exported to third countries as Ugandan products.

15.   He added reliable sources had told him some Lebanese businessmen had paid looters to rob other stores, so as to replenish their own stolen stock.

16.   He said that the proposed accord on double taxation aims to install a system wherein Swiss and Filipino businessmen pay taxes only once to ensure profitability.

17.   Aitken has said that he paid the hotel bill in two installments but the Guardian newspaper has reported that a Saudi businessman paid part of the bill.

18.   The Palestinian Authority rebuffed demands that Palestinian businessmen pay millions of dollars in back payments owed from contracts with Israelis, an official said Wednesday.

19.   The probe into corruption in arms procurement follows three weeks of interrogation into bribes paid by businessmen to Roh.

20.   The probe into corruption in arms procurement followed three weeks of interrogation into bribes paid by businessmen to Roh.