1.   Officials added that the government was now minded to give the plant the go ahead.

2.   Although the official added that it had not been done scientifically, the level of support has surprised both U.S. and Saudi officials.

3.   American officials added that they were still not certain, for example, where bin Laden was, or even whether he was still alive.

4.   And attempts to smuggle tobacco into prisons get more creative by the day, officials added.

5.   An official added that the general threat comes at a time of increased Islamic terrorist threats throughout Europe.

6.   And Macedonia, NATO officials add, is a sovereign state, not a Western protectorate like Kosovo.

7.   And, the plotters behind the attack are believed to have escaped through Yemen into Saudi Arabia, the officials add.

8.   And with so many officers with potential problems, supervision and monitoring become all the more difficult, the officials added.

9.   As Ethnic tensions and distrust have soared over the last two months, U.N. officials add, and arrests are often made with impunity.

10.   As Gray suggested on Sunday, however, the officials added that a decision about whether to invade remained weeks or even months away.