31.   The vote signaled the first time that the State Duma has managed to set up the panel to prepare a formal indictment.

32.   Two U.S. Marines and a Navy seamen are in U.S. custody pending a formal indictment by Okinawan authorities.

33.   Following the formal indictment of the sect members, a judicial process will begin that is likely to last years.

34.   Formal indictments could take weeks or months as police have to collect evidence to back up the charges, court sources said.

35.   A three-judge panel in the Jerusalem district court would then have to determine whether there is enough evidence for a formal indictment.

36.   The three servicemen are being detained in a US base, pending their formal indictment.

37.   The three are in police custody, and investigations are ongoing in order to gather evidence for the formal indictment.

38.   The three were held by US forces until their formal indictments.

39.   Under the treaty, Japanese authorities were prevented from detaining the US suspects until the formal indictment on Friday.

40.   UNHCR officials fear for their safety because the arrests appear to have ignored Rwandan law, which requires a formal indictment, she added.