101.   German political leaders appealed to the bishops not to pull out of the state-financed system, saying it would limit choices available to women.

102.   He also refused to take action on a list of Chinese dissidents that German leaders presented, seeking lenient treatment for them.

103.   He gave no details, but the Afghan leader would be expected to meet Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and other German leaders.

104.   He wore the same dark suit and fedora as the German Jewish leaders he accompanied.

105.   He spoke in Berlin after meeting with German leaders.

106.   He was re-elected in October to a four-year term that will make him the longest-serving German leader since Bismarck.

107.   Helmut Kohl pays an unprecedented visit by a German leader to a vast Russian war cemetery.

108.   However, German leaders insist they did not cancel the funding under pressure from Beijing.

109.   In a commentary Tuesday, Grobe blamed Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other German leaders for stressing business ties above human rights in relations with China.

110.   In Berlin, he is expected to meet German leaders and give a speech.