21.   During a four-hour debate, he and his supporters repeatedly scolded Trimble for agreeing to negotiate with Sinn Fein in the new assembly.

22.   Earlier this year, he stepped aside to let Mallon become deputy first minister in the new assembly.

23.   Exactly what powers Musharraf will wield as president after the new assembly is seated have not been spelled out.

24.   Even if the referendum passes as expected, it may not have a convincing Protestant majority, and dissenters can wreck the new assembly from the inside.

25.   For the Albanian majority, the vote represents an initial step toward full independence from Yugoslavia, though the new assembly has no right to vote on autonomy.

26.   General Motors is back in Indonesia, selling the Opel Vectra sedan made at its new assembly plant outside Jakarta, the first GM plant in Southeast Asia.

27.   Ford this year will join with local partners to open new assembly plants in Belarus, Vietnam and China.

28.   GM has been building new assembly plants and parts factories overseas to reduce costs, even as it allows its American work force to shrink gradually.

29.   Habibie hopes to be re-named president by the new national assembly when it convenes later this fall.

30.   GM is building new assembly plants in Argentina, Brazil, Poland, Thailand and China.