1.   He denied knowing of any ties between Chryssides and the Unification Church and rejected charges that Moon and his followers are out to discredit Hong or her book.

2.   In the past, Hynes has rejected charges that politics was playing any role in the case.

3.   Opus Dei has rejected charges by some Catholics that it is elitist and secretive.

4.   A lawyer for Kohl, Stephan Holthoff-Pfoertner, rejected charges that the former chancellor was applying a double standard.

5.   Ankara defended its actions and rejected charges it was endangering civilians.

6.   In a rare rebuke by a key American ally, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has rejected U.S. charges that Libya is building an underground chemical weapons plant.

7.   Iraq on Wednesday rejected charges by a U.N. weapons inspector that there were serious problems with documents Iraq had turned over to the United Nations.

8.   Iran has rejected charges it is tied to the those fleeing Afghanistan.

9.   On Tuesday, a court in the town of Dicle in the largely Kurdish southeast rejected similar charges brought against seven families.

10.   The Pakistani government admitted Sunday that the country has child labour but rejected charges by a human rights group that it had failed to curb the practise.