The charges against Mr. Mollemann reflected the uncertainty with which Germany has confronted repeated accusations that it is too lax in monitoring arms exports.

Mr. Bazel said that such investigations are not the same as court proceedings, in which the subject has the right to confront accusations and witnesses.

In addition to the claims of accounting fraud, HealthSouth is confronting accusations that it overbilled the federal Medicare program.

Many of the football teams competing in bowl games over the next two weeks, including highly ranked teams like Nebraska and Colorado, have had to confront accusations or formal charges of criminal behavior by players.

Now lawmakers in steel states may have to confront accusations of not doing enough to support their home industry.

Confronting accusations that he is rushing into war when better alternatives remain open, Mr. Bush declared: "I want peace.

The Professional Fitness Review Board, made up of three priests and six laypeople, dates to late 1992, when the Chicago Archdiocese was confronting accusations of sexual abuse against more than a dozen priests.

Dennis P. Long, the No. 2 man at the Anheuser-Busch Companies, resigned today as the nation's largest brewer confronted accusations of improper payments to some of its executives.

Feminist groups have continued to support Mr. Clinton as he confronts accusations of sexual misconduct.