111.   In a front-page editorial on Iraq for the third straight day, the outspoken Al-Khaleej newspaper speculated on when Ekeus would be dismissed from his post.

112.   Indian newspapers speculated al-Mansoorain could be a pseudonym for Lashkar-e-Taiba.

113.   Also Saturday, an independent newspaper speculated that a joint Ethiopian-Eritrean force would launch an assault in the south of the country.

114.   The president has yet to name a new prime minister but newspapers speculated the appointment will be made early in the week.

115.   Turkish newspapers speculated Tuesday that Demirel had rejected a request by Ciller to accept her draft cabinet and send it to parliament for a vote of confidence.

116.   Local newspapers Wednesday speculated that the government may impose curfew after the voting is completed on Friday.

117.   Local newspapers have been speculating for weeks that President Mandela will fire her although he has said he will take no action against her unless she is proven guilty.

118.   Newspapers have speculated that Enron could claim more than one billion dollars in compensation.

119.   Newspapers here have speculated that the government would channel surplus rice to developing countries in the future as economic aid.

120.   Newspapers here speculated that Kozyrev would bring Rabin a message from Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, whom he met Thursday in Damascus.