11.   Yet indigenous leaders overwhelmingly rejected the amendments as an affront and said they would undermine government efforts to resolve a seven-year-old Indian uprising in Chiapas.

12.   Police and soldiers cordoned off the meeting of the Great Council of Chiefs -- the supreme body of indigenous Fijian leaders.

13.   Police and soldiers cordoned off the meeting Tuesday of the Great Council of Chiefs -- the supreme body of indigenous Fijian leaders.

14.   But indigenous leaders say their campaign has run into strong opposition on those two key demands from the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

15.   During the conference indigenous leaders shared information about development projects and heard from government officials and representatives from companies involved in such projects.

16.   Fischer will also meet with indigenous leaders to discuss the demarcation of their ancestral lands, a project for which Germany has provided most of the financing.

17.   First-time candidates dubbing themselves anti-politicians included newspaper columnists, indigenous leaders and movie director Sergio Cabrera, a former guerrilla.

18.   First-time candidates dubbing themselves anti-politicians included several newspaper columnists, indigenous leaders and movie director Sergio Cabrera, an ex-guerrilla.

19.   Government negotiators said the talks offered a model for resolving armed conflicts by including indigenous leaders and outside experts.

20.   He paved the way for future indigenous leaders by becoming a top-level civil servant.