1.   Flynn, now a besieged ambassador at the Vatican, did not return calls.

2.   Matlock was ambassador at the height of the war between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan.

3.   On the opening night of the conference, terrorists attack the British ambassador at another suburban location.

4.   One defector was Sergei Tretyakov, a diplomat in New York and a senior aide to the ambassador at the United Nations, Sergey Lavrov.

5.   The U.S. ambassador at the time, Joseph E. Lake, warned Berisha that his visit with Clinton was at risk, the officials said.

6.   White was the U.S. ambassador at the time of the killings but was replaced by Pickering shortly after.

7.   Parvanov has asked for the meeting to consult Saxcoburggotski about appointments of ambassadors at vacant posts and a possible reshuffle among the top officials in the security services.

8.   Peter Burleigh, the deputy U.S. ambassador at the United Nations, also was cautious.

9.   Peter Burleigh, the deputy U.S. ambassador at the United Nations, was more cautious.

10.   Among the countries represented by their ambassadors at the meeting were the United States, Britain, Japan and Germany.