111.   The delegations, representing President Pascal Lissouba and former military dictator Denis Sassou-Nguesso, agreed to meet again Saturday.

112.   The former military dictator is being held at the London Clinic, where he was arrested after undergoing back surgery this month.

113.   The last of the five government-sanctioned parties fell in line Monday by selecting the military dictator as its candidate for the August elections.

114.   The new spy chief is a graduate of the Korea Military Academy, which produced former military dictators.

115.   The parties joined another pro-Abacha party that nominated the military dictator on Thursday but insisted he resign from the army.

116.   The last of the parties, the Grassroots Democratic Movement, fell in line Monday by selecting the military dictator as its candidate for the August elections.

117.   The military dictator from the north and the civilian would-be president from the south represented a political impasse that froze Nigeria in an internal Cold War for four years.

118.   The move is seen paving the way for the party to join forces with the opposition National Democratic Party, which is led by former military dictator Desi Bouterse.

119.   The meeting, in the Gabon capital of Libreville, was between delegations representing President Pascal Lissouba and former military dictator Denis Sassou-Nguesso.

120.   The opposition contends Kim Jong-pil is unqualified to be prime minister because of his close ties to past military dictators and his lack of background in economics.