91.   Taiwan will offer funds and know-how to help North Korea develop its economy, the paper said, quoting unidentified economic officials.

92.   Taliban forces had trailed Haq for two days, the Afghan Islamic Press said, quoting unidentified Taliban officials.

93.   The Afghan Islamic Press agency, quoting unidentified officials from Khost, gave a different reason for the deaths.

94.   The Chechen officer and the car had vanished, the report added, citing an unidentified Russian military official in Grozny.

95.   The Beta news agency in Belgrade quoted unidentified NATO officials as saying that peacekeepers deactivated six remote-control bombs Friday near the southwestern Serb enclave of Strpce.

96.   The agency quoted an unidentified ARATS official as saying China last month already rejected a sugestion that Koo visit.

97.   The Al-Hayat daily quoted an unidentified senior Syrian official as saying orders had been issued to arrest Rifaat should he show up in the country.

98.   The Asian Wall Street Journal on Thursday quoted unidentified EU officials as saying that Premier Zhu Rongji had assured them China would abide by that agreement.

99.   The delay scuttled a meeting planned for Monday between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa, the reports said, citing unidentified LDP officials.

100.   The delegation discussed investment, trade cooperation and possible aid packages to North Korea, the report quote unidentified officials as saying.