11.   The Dutch contingent will leave next Tuesday to join a British task group at a location that has not yet been named.

12.   The four IOC vice presidents were put in charge of task groups to study the issues and prepare proposals for the February meeting.

13.   He said an informal task group had been appointed to complete an evaluation of the Taiwanese proposal by the middle of January.

14.   A non-partisan task group agreed on by Mandela and Buthelezi is currently investigating whether or not the elections can be conducteed in a free and fair fashion.

15.   All parties had acknowledged the existence of no-go areas and the task group agreed there could be no free political activity in such areas, Mandela told reporters.

16.   The navy has deployed a task group to increase security in Philippine territorial waters to fight piracy and other illegal activities in the area, the PNA said Thursday.

17.   The president also rejected a suggestion by Deputy President Frederik de Klerk that a multi-party task group be established to try to resolve the dispute.

18.   The carrier heads a task group which includes the HMS Exeter, a destroyer, and HMS Fort Grange, a suppport ship.