11.   NATO later Tuesday briefed Russian envoys on the deal.

12.   The source said that the premier will brief the envoys on the present economic situation in Thailand and in Asia.

13.   U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott arrived Wednesday in Bonn to brief envoys from seven Western powers and Russia on diplomatic progress to end the Kosovo crisis.

14.   U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott on Wednesday briefed envoys from seven Western powers and Russia on diplomatic progress to end the Kosovo crisis.

15.   Zinni was accompanied by Palestinian Planning Minister Nabil Shaath who briefed the envoy about the severe economic crisis in the Palestinian areas.