11.   Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng held talks in Bonn Wednesday with German foreign ministry state secretary Helmut Schaefer on the democratisation process in Cambodia, the ministry said.

12.   Finance ministry permanent secretary Chatumongkol Sonakul told reporters financial institutions would also be required to write off bad loans over the next two years.

13.   The premier said he had asked foreign ministry secretary general Bertrand Dufourcq and a top armed forces official to visit the Rwandan capital Kigali.

14.   Trade ministry permanent secretary Heng Swee Keat said there were clear signs of improving sentiment.

15.   Transport ministry permanent secretary Stanley Murage told the sacked strikers they were free to reapply for their old jobs.

16.   Tuesday, the French foreign ministry secretary general was to travel to the West Bank to meet Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.

17.   Justice ministry secretary general, Giorgios-Michalis Pavleas, who has been trying to negotiate an end to the crisis since Tuesday night, rushed to the scene.

18.   Justice ministry secretary general Georges Pavleas was to resume Friday talks with the mutineers.

19.   Local development ministry secretary Uday Raj Soti said the meeting would focus on poverty alleviation, gender equity, sustainable development and infrastructure development.

20.   Ministry joint secretary Habibur Rahman told AFP Nasreen was free to go abroad as the court granted her an unconditional bail.