11.   Foreign Minister Alexander Downer will use a South Pacific visit to urge island leaders to stand firm against Asian pressure and demand satellite monitoring of foreign fishing vessels.

12.   He has urged Arab leaders taking part in a two-day summit starting Wednesday in Beirut to reject peace with Israel and to send arms to the Palestinians.

13.   He has urged Arab leaders holding summit this week to reject peace with Israel and to send arms to the Palestinians.

14.   He urged industrial leaders, however, to avoid exaggerated predictions that only tend to put down local business opportunities.

15.   Hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters urged their leader Thursday to seize power and end a two-month standoff over disputed presidential election results.

16.   In his letter, the Ethiopian prime minister urged African leaders to quickly present new candidates.

17.   In his talks in Beijing, Gore urged Chinese leaders to encourage North Korea to embrace the proposal and begin negotiations.

18.   In the capital Skopje, President Boris Trajkovski urged political leaders to unite behind a peace plan designed to end six months of ethnic conflict.

19.   Italian Premier Romano Prodi will urge Bosnian leaders to move forward with implementing peace accords when he visits Sarajevo Monday.

20.   Laterm diplomats said the council decided to issue a statement urging rebel leader Laurent Kabila to accept the cease-fire.