11.   Israel may resort to war to deflect pressure for a peace settlement, a Syrian official said Saturday.

12.   The demands have been brushed off by the Palestinians as a ploy to deflect pressure off the Israel side and freeze the peace process.

13.   The Palestinians have brushed off the demands, calling them a ploy to deflect pressure away from Israel and to freeze the peace process.

14.   Trying to deflect intense pressure, the Palestinian Authority has handed the United States a detailed written response to allegations that it has not acted against terrorism.

15.   Indonesia set up the rights court to deflect pressure for a United Nations tribunal into the slaughter.

16.   Marty Chan, an analyst with Polaris Securiites, said rotational interest in telecoms stocks, especially China Mobile and China Unicom, helped deflect the pressure from HSBC.