1.  But interviews with knowledgeable American diplomatic officials suggest that the Dominican operation was hardly typical.

2.  Even so, opposition officials, Western diplomatic officials and others said the government had toned down its anti-Tutsi drive in the last couple of months.

3.  Germany, Italy and other nations are also expected to commit troops, according to administration and diplomatic officials.

4.  The motive for assaults on foreigners is money rather than nationality, diplomatic officials say.

5.  The other U.S. official who met with the crew was Ted Gong, a diplomatic official at the Guangzhou Consulate.

6.  The two were among five U.S. diplomatic officials who talked for about two hours with Chinese officials at the Hainan provincial government compound in Haikou.

7.  There is no time frame for the meetings, but both diplomatic officials and analysts predicted the summit would go for several days.

8.  U.S. diplomatic officials acknowledged to reporters that the Italians had largely been kept out of the loop.

9.  U.S. intelligence and diplomatic officials serving in Honduras, Haiti, El Salvador and Guatemala collected information about human rights, and many had relationships with the abusers.

10.  Police and diplomatic officials were unable to locate any family members to tell them of his death, however.