1.   Even if the rule the Court announces today were sound, it would not control the case before us.

2.   War correspondents were alerted that important news was about to be announced.

3.   Last week, the rebels announced they were unilaterally withdrawing from a cease-fire in their five-year struggle against the state.

4.   Seven abstained including, the speaker, Ahmed al-Saadoun, and two lawmakers who had announced they were not contesting the next parliamentary elections scheduled for October.

5.   The jurors even asked that documents containing their names be destroyed, and for their verdict not to be announced to the media until they had gone home.

6.   Union leaders announced they were calling off the strike temporarily, possibly hoping to avoid further antagonizing management during senstive negotiations on demands for pay increases.

7.   US President Bill Clinton said earlier in the day an agreement was about to be announced.

8.   The main Academy Awards had however yet to be announced.