21. The hard-line leaders showed no sign of fleeing, said one officer who monitors the border. 22. Later in 1997 hard-line leaders of Al-Gamaa in exile issued a statement rejecting any truce. 23. This is because the solid line leader typically has final authority over compensation and retention. 24. Neither Khieu Samphan nor other old-line leaders appear. 25. The report came amid a tug-of-war between moderate and hard-line leaders inside the ruling clerical hierarchy. 26. On Sunday, two newspapers were shutdown for publishing stories critical of hard-line leaders and their polices. 27. The Rev . Ian Paisley, the hard-line leader known for his open anti-Catholicism, denounced the attacks. 28. Throughout the West Bank, Barak's landslide victory over hard-line leader Benjamin Netanyahu was greeted with cautious optimism. 29. The rally came amid a power struggle between moderate and hard-line leaders inside the ruling clerical hierarchy. 30. Hard-line leaders said they planned to march on Feb . 24 at an antinuclear rally in Taipei.