11.   Protestant leaders dismissed the IRA proposal as too vague, and angrily accused the IRA of dragging its feet on destroying its weapons.

12.   Taliban leaders have dismissed reports of defections as American propaganda.

13.   The bather could find only expletives to express his disgust at the news that the Kremlin leader had again dismissed his government, plunging Russia into new political turmoil.

14.   Union leaders dismiss the Chinese concessions, questioning whether they will be honored.

15.   Opposition leaders have dismissed the decision to clear Netanyahu as a whitewash.

16.   Opposition leaders have dismissed the decision to clear Netanyahu as whitewash.

17.   A Yemeni opposition leader on Thursday dismissed calls that he and three others be arrested for fighting to withdraw the South from unified Yemen last year.

18.   And government leaders now dismiss him as an attention-seeking, out-of-touch expatriate.

19.   Both leaders dismissed suggestions of any cooling in their relations.

20.   Business leaders dismissed his claim.