21.   The talks hit a snag when the leadership refused to issue a call for a truce before being released, a demand rejected by the presidency.

22.   The TNSM leadership has refused to call off its campaign aimed at getting rigid Islamic laws implemented.

23.   The White House on Monday welcomed a UN resolution giving the green light to a US-led invasion of Haiti if the military leadership refuses to step down.

24.   Yeltsin vowed Tuesday to impose a state of emergency on Thursday if the republican leadership refused to recognise Russian constitutional rule.

25.   The church leadership has refused to endorse unorthodox arrangements made by the underground church in order to survive persecution.

26.   The leadership has thus far refused.

27.   The hardline Bosnian Serb leadership refuse to recognise the Moslem-dominated Sarajevo administration with whom they battled for nearly four years to create a Serb state in Bosnia.