1.   An American diplomat has been expelled from Moscow.

2.   American diplomats around the world are trying to get support for a resolution that would endorse military force if the UN weapons team makes no progress and leaves Iraq.

3.   American diplomats have been among those who argue that a less-than-perfect trial is better than no trial at all.

4.   American diplomats have been prime targets of the group ever since.

5.   American diplomats in Havana recently distributed hundreds of short-wave radios able to receive Radio Marti, the anti-Castro station financed by the United States.

6.   American diplomats in Tanzania, speaking on the condition of anonymity, suggested the prosecution was being left to the Tanzanians because there were no American victims.

7.   American diplomats on Sunday took an unusually public role in giving Karzai a major boost.

8.   American diplomats say the problems they have raised can be worked out fairly quickly.

9.   American diplomats tell Assad that public diplomacy can speed a peace accord and even strengthen his hand in the behind-the-scenes negotiations.

10.   American diplomats warned their Israeli counterparts that halting the flow of funds could have the opposite effect of the one intended by the Israelis.