1.   Both banks plan to close international operations and consolidate domestic bank outlets to cut costs, raise capital and focus on their local operations, Japanese media reported.

2.   For almost an hour, the New York media reported, the Jets were left to practice without coaches.

3.   Ousted Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori denied corruption allegations and said he is considering running in Peruvian parliamentary elections next spring, Japanese media reported Sunday.

4.   Other lawmakers have called on EU Commission President Jacques Santer to send her a reprimand, media reported Tuesday.

5.   Panzo died Friday in a Fort-de-France hospital, apparently from complications from a stroke and heart attack he suffered last week, local media reported Saturday.

6.   Police found Guchigov after they were tipped off that a car with a shattered windshield was left for repair at a Moscow service station, Russian media reported.

7.   Police used tear gas Wednesday to disperse a large crowd of seminary students and other Iranians who invaded the office of an anti-government cleric, Iranian media reported.

8.   Parents, schools and the media will assume greater responsibility for curbing juvenile delinquency in China under a new law, state media reported Tuesday.

9.   Pakistan feared an Israeli air strike on its nuclear installations hours before it detonated five nuclear devices last week, Israeli media reported Monday.

10.   Pardew and Leotard personally conveyed the message to Macedonian Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski on Wednesday, but the meeting ended in acrimony, local media reported.