21.   The government in the past has refused guerrilla demands that elections be called off.

22.   The rebels rushed to cremate the body, refusing demands from the United States and the Cambodian government to make the corpse available for an autopsy.

23.   The stepfather, Robert Rosa, flew into a rage when the boy, Eduardo Rosa Jr., refused his demands to do the chore, the police said.

24.   The White House has refused GAO demands that it detail meetings held by Vice President Dick Cheney and his staff with industry executives.

25.   They have also offered to reopen talks with the guerrillas, but have refused rebel demands to pull out of the region.

26.   Until now, Mobutu has refused demands that he hand over power directly to the rebels, with minimal conditions other than guarantees for his own safety.

27.   When those demands were refused, the Palestinian terrorists brutally murdered two American diplomats and a Belgian envoy.

28.   Pastrana has refused that demand, arguing that the region is too unstable, with landowner-backed paramilitary groups in addition to the rebels.

29.   President Alberto Fujimori has refused the demand, saying it is not negotiable.

30.   President Kabbah had earlier refused rebel demands to free imprisoned rebel leader Foday Sankoh and to join in observing a week long truce.