21.   It said it would have recommended he be fired were he not due for retirement anyway.

22.   Those fired Wednesday were head scout Rick Weitzman, director of basketball development Jon Jennings and assistant coaches K.C. Jones, Dennis Johnson and John Kuester.

23.   Those fired were Security Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Attorney General Marzuki Darusman, Maritime Resources Minister Sarwono Kusumaatmadja and Economic Restructuring Minister Cacuk Sudarijanto.

24.   Two newspapers then reported that coach P.J. Carlesimo was about to be fired, but the team responded with its winning streak.

25.   Wissman had apparently just been fired or was about to be fired before he left the factory, Dijkstra said.

26.   Labour and Social Security Minister Newstead Zimba on Tuesday declared the strike illegal and urged the workers to go back to work or risk being fired.