21.   The arrangements include separate accommodation wings, separate bars, separate dining facilities and separate briefings by South African negotiators.

22.   The Djiboutian ministers will also attend separate briefings by the Economic Planning Unit, the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority and the Multimedia Development Corporation.

23.   The KLSE then organised separate briefing sessions with remisiers and clients of Omega Securities.

24.   In a separate briefing Friday, Singapore officials said petrochemicals will be among the key industries Singapore would bank on to power national economic growth into the next century.

25.   At a separate briefing, Foreign Affairs Minister Alfred Nzo denied reports that the oil storage deal with Iran had collapsed.

26.   US Treasury Under Secretary Larry Summers told a separate briefing that the Europeans must do more in this respect to cut their high jobless rates.

27.   US State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns, at a separate briefing, refused to comment on the Japanese stand on the issue.