111.   GE spokeswoman Louise Binns said the company could not immediately comment on the proposal because company officials had just received it.

112.   HADEP chairman Murat Bozlak and another leading party official received a six-year jail term for Kurdish separatism.

113.   Government officials also traditionally receive gifts of food or other items from businesses twice a year in summer and winter.

114.   He also said city and state officials received financial details of the deal.

115.   He charged that a longtime mistress of former President Carlos Andres Perez used to help decide which officials received promotions.

116.   He said these officials received payments from Israsov.

117.   He said U.S. officials had received no word from the Taliban as to the whereabouts of the Americans or on whether they will be released.

118.   Health officials have since received a surge of inquiries from Japanese consumers about the safety of beef, dairy products and food containing beef extracts.

119.   He said these officials received payments from Israsov itself.

120.   In Botswana, the Foreign Ministry confirmed Banana was in the country but officials had received no request for asylum.