1.   The defence ministry refused to release his body to his family for a postmortem examination and radiation testing.

2.   The ministry has refused to disclose what was in the vaccines.

3.   A Venetian judge has corroborated the report, claiming that the Italian foreign ministry refused to aid investigations into the incident.

4.   Before turning to a London clinic, Pinochet had apparently planned to have his surgery done in France, but the French foreign ministry refused his visa request.

5.   But the ministry has refused to drop the Tomsk plan.

6.   Initially export credits were examined, only to be abandoned after the finance ministry refused to issue a sovereign guarantee to satisfy would-be creditors.

7.   The ministry has refused to release names of potential buyers.

8.   The ministry refused to name the companies.

9.   The ministry refused, and now HUD wants its money back, which Gimenez says his board is resisting.

10.   The ministry refused to confirm the figures.