1.  Detectives are investigating claims that the two officials took bribes.

2.  Last week a special prosecutor ruled that the three officials were blameless.

3.  The two officials alleged that Sacher himself was engaged in vetting deputies and persons in state positions, and was employing former officers of the StB.

4.  Announcing the verdicts, Judge Jurgen Warnatsch said the three officials were part of a broader system.

5.  Apparently in some deference to those objections, the two officials are scheduled to meet outside the State Department building on Tuesday.

6.  Apparently none of the seven officials saw what appeared to be an obvious penalty, because none of them called it.

7.  As for why the check was late, the three officials insisted it had been an innocent error, but offered various explanations.

8.  At the news session, the two officials portrayed the Serbs as the main obstacle to an agreement.

9.  A private meeting was held last week between the two officials as well as two council members and various aides to try to smooth over relations.

10.  According to a second plan, the U.S. envoy would simply inform the three officials that they had to leave or risk an invasion.