11.   Kuwait proposed a joint parliamentary structure during the meeting but it was rejected by three GCC members, the official Gulf press reported.

12.   Photographer Oliviero Toscani, renowned for his often controversial publicity shots for Italian clothes giant Benetton, is to work with anti-Mafia authorities, the press reported Wednesday.

13.   Police probing an international child sex network have questioned nine people, including three magistrates, a lawyer and several police officers, the Belgian press reported Wednesday.

14.   The car was registered in Livorno, apparently making the thieves believe it belonged to foreigners, the press reported.

15.   The mysterious disappearance of a bishop in Scotland could be linked to a divorced mother-of-three who is also missing, the British press reported Sunday.