1.   His chief of staff, William Kennedy, said the speaker left Wednesday night for a weeklong business trip to Portugal.

2.   Repeating a theme expressed by Giuliani, several speakers said there was a difference between the attacks against Israel and any retaliation the nation might take against Palestinians.

3.   Step one, the speakers said, is giving your employees tools to make a difference.

4.   That, the speaker said, is his most effective weapon in the effort to persuade his Republican colleagues to follow him.

5.   The female condom, speakers said, was giving women more choice in protecting themselves against HIV.

6.   The President had betrayed Pakistan by siding against bin Laden and the Taliban, said speaker after speaker.

7.   Analysts said parliament speaker Oleksandr Moroz supported Pustovoitenko, and will expect Kuchma to make concessions to his Socialist Party and its anti-reform allies in return for the boost.

8.   But several sources said the speaker and Wright held an unannounced meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday.

9.   Cela said Spanish speakers they should be on guard to avoid what happened to Latin, which has practically disappeared.

10.   Capitalism and skyrocketing corporate profits threaten true global wealth, say speakers at a three-day alternative economic summit.