21.   Last week, Vatana called a press conference to increase pressure on Banharn to give up the interior ministry post.

22.   Many politicians seek ministry posts in order to gain access to state budgets.

23.   Mumtaz Soysal, who resigned from his foreign ministry post three weeks ago, said earlier that the U.S. companies were facing difficulties in their arms exports to Turkey.

24.   Sources said another career diplomat active in Balkans policy will be named to a key foreign ministry post.

25.   Stephanos Tzoumakas, who was ousted from the ministry post in October, had recently moved out of his sixth floor office to a nearby building.

26.   Stephanos Tzoumakas, who was ousted from the ministry post in October, has an office on the sixth floor.

27.   Stephanos Tzoumakas, ousted from the ministry post in October, recently moved out of his sixth floor office to a nearby building.

28.   The announcement of the ministry posts followed two days of consultations between Alliance officials and scores of political figures eager for a post in the post-Mobutu era.

29.   The interior ministry post would have put Dahlan in command of the security forces, a position that Arafat has held himself for the past eight years.

30.   The list also failed to mention anyone for the crucial defense ministry post.