21.   Burgess was a firefighter trainee at the time of the alleged offenses, said New South Wales state Rural Fire Service spokesman Cameron Wade.

22.   Defense attorney Don Godwin had argued that the indictment was flawed because it approximated the date of the alleged offense.

23.   Details of the alleged offense were not available.

24.   Eight of the deportees were arrested for alleged offenses that included sex crimes, drug offenses and assault, INS authorities said.

25.   Furundzija was arrested in December in the central Bosnian town of Vitez, near where the alleged offenses occurred.

26.   Furundzija was arrested in December in the central Bosnian town of Vitez, near where his alleged offenses were committed.

27.   He added that a legal procedure was underway against Rohde for his alleged offenses, indicating he might not be released soon.

28.   He denies the charges, claiming he was not in the area at the time the alleged offenses happened.

29.   He did not give any details about their alleged offenses or when the investigation might be finished.

30.   He claimed that he had shot his comrades to avenge an alleged offense in an argument over food rations.