1.  Ethiopian officials had been administering the town and Eritrean officers challenged their authority.

2.  Ethiopian officials may have issued overlapping excavation permits to the two groups.

3.  Ethiopian officials described the attackers as Arabs.

4.  Ethiopian officials maintain that the troops are still inside their territory.

5.  It would also bar senior Ethiopian officials from international travel.

6.  Semaw said, however, that he had received assurances from Ethiopian officials that his right to work the Gona site had not changed.

7.  The United States responded with large donations of food in January, but Ethiopian officials criticized the European Union for not making a definite pledge.

8.  Though Houdek declined to comment on the talks, Ethiopian officials said the team had made little progress persuading Eritrea to withdraw or Ethiopia to soften its ultimatum.

9.  A senior Ethiopian official Monday criticized the international community for failing to support efforts to end seven years of anarchy in Somalia.

10.  Alem, who worked at a printing press, said he suspected some Ethiopian official wanted his home.