21.   Deve Gowda, leader of a nine-month minority coalition, also said he would sack any minister found to be involved in accepting bribes.

22.   The opposition Labour party put Prime Minister John Major under pressure earlier this week with a warning that he must sack any minister criticised in the Scott report.

23.   Two ministers have been sacked.

24.   Two cabinet ministers have been sacked.

25.   Without giving a reason, Algerian radio said President Liamine Zeroual had sacked minister Sid-Ali Lebib.

26.   Walesa sacked the minister at the request of Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak after the president demanded he step down in October following disagreements with several army generals.

27.   Late in the day Lebed responded with an ultimatum, telling an impromptu press conference that he would step down if the minister was not sacked.

28.   On Friday, sacked deputy minister General Bantu Holomisa named Mandela as his source of information on the claims.

29.   Singh had threatened to quit the cabinet earlier this week unless Rao sacked three ministers accused of corruption.

30.   The Financial Times Deutschland Thursday identified the German official as Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping, leading the opposition to demand that Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder sack the minister.