1.   The UN has dispatched an official to Kismayu to investigate exactly what was happening.

2.   At one point, the White House dispatched trade officials to Beacon Hill to ask lawmakers to repeal or amend the law, but they were rebuffed.

3.   After the accident, the Pentagon and the Navy dispatched senior officials here, but to their consternation, the sailor was jailed, tried and convicted.

4.   He said he had also talked with U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, who told him she had dispatched civil rights officials to Jasper.

5.   In private, the president approved the military options, and officials were dispatched to Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt for consultations.

6.   Mexican consular officials were dispatched to the morgue in Laredo late Wednesday to try to determine if the men were from Mexico.

7.   Police dispatched fire department officials to test the house for carbon-monoxide leaks.

8.   This is the second time the U.S. government has dispatched officials to Japan because of the grain, an embassy spokesman said.

9.   To diffuse international anxiety over the proposal, Bush said he was dispatching administration officials to Asian and European capitals.

10.   Police and rescue officials were dispatched to the scene.