1.   However, the commission ignored government pleas to make the law retroactive to include drug traffickers already in Colombian jails.

2.   All have refused to turn themselves in voluntarily despite government pleas.

3.   But the government pleas left critics unmoved.

4.   Despite government pleas for peace, police in Karachi reported nine deaths Sunday evening and four more Monday morning.

5.   Ignoring a government plea to leave, Jewish settlers dug in Tuesday and installed beds and floodlights in their new compound in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem.

6.   In Tokyo and many other Japanese cities, public offices and private businesses heeded a government plea to dim their lights to enhance viewing of the storm.

7.   In Tokyo and many other Japanese cities, public offices and private businesses heeded a government plea to turn down their lights to enhance viewing.

8.   Many evacuees did not plan ahead, showing up at the tent camps with no food despite government pleas to bring along provisions.

9.   Most residents of the Chinese capital heeded a government plea to keep streets clear by staying home and watching the event on television.

10.   Public school teachers Monday rejected government pleas to end a nearly three-week strike and said they were sticking to their demands for more money.