1.   Gifts lavished on David Currie, the former head of civil engineering, included foreign trips and expensive meals.

2.   He was the former head of the American Cancer Society.

3.   His threat came after the former head of the secret police was detained in Belgrade.

4.   There were persistent rumours that the former head of British Intelligence was in the pay of the Soviet Union.

5.   The former head of counter-intelligence had been stripped of his rank and privileges.

6.   He is a former head of the chancellery.

7.   The former head of ITCO and four other Finance Ministry and customs officials also faced charges.

8.   The former head of foreign intelligence, Lt.-Gen.

9.   Charges were pending against former head of state and head of the ruling SED party, Erich Honecker, who had taken refuge in the Chilean embassy in Moscow.

10.   Noriega was the first foreign former head of state to be convicted of criminal charges in a US court.