11.   Walesa has also been in hot water over appointments to the TV and radio council, having sacked two officials there and replaced them with his own choices.

12.   Under a constitutional decree, federation president Zubak and his deputy Ejup Ganic can sack officials on a recommendation of the prime minister, Izudin Kapetanovic.

13.   Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh announced Monday he was sacking two officials in the area who refused to sell the wheat.

14.   So far the government has refused to sack top officials at AMLO and said it knew nothing about the order to investigate its prominent critics.