101.   According to press reports, the centre-right coalition plans to cut sick pay for incapacitated workers or even to abolish it completely in certain cases.

102.   According to press reports, the departments targeted were the health and labour and social protection ministries, heavily criticized and implicated in several scandals.

103.   According to press reports, the moderates made their move after the conservative faction refused to include in its list of candidates the names of several moderate hopefuls.

104.   According to press reports, the sect has two small remote-controlled helicopters that have not been found.

105.   According to press reports, the two companies are discussing a possible merger.

106.   According to press reports, the women told acting health minister Harry Thomspon on Thursday that the few nursing staff available were refusing to serve them food.

107.   According to press reports in Hong Kong, police believe robbery was the most likely motive behind the murders.

108.   According to press reports, at least three other detainees, including two students activists, have also been released.

109.   According to press reports, the document asks Japan to ease curbs on foreign newcomers entering the telecommunications market and soften regulations on the establishment of large-scale retail stores.

110.   According to press reports, the supreme court is divided on the matter and predictions of what will happen are difficult.