21.   He said the Philippine ambassador to China would brief journalists on the talks Friday.

22.   However Indian army commanders briefing journalists in New Delhi on Friday said there was no decrease in the infiltration of Islamic guerrillas into Indian Kashmir.

23.   In Seoul, South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lee See-Young briefed journalists on the draft agreement to set up the consortium.

24.   ADC officials contacted by AFP would not brief journalists and said federal aviation authorities had set up a crisis team at the airport, which would handle all queries.

25.   Mandela was briefing foreign journalists at his official residence here ahead of his scheduled visit next month to Japan and South Korea.

26.   The commanders briefing journalists declined to comment on queries if a nuclear conflict was a remote possibility.