31.   Some of the leaders repeated rumors sweeping Birmingham that a test blast was set off in Pakistan Sunday, possibly during the closing session.

32.   Sri Lankan bowlers struck hard and fast in the closing session on the second day of the second cricket test against Pakistan in Faisalabad on Saturday.

33.   The communique was to be presented at the closing session of the meeting, which followed similar annual sessions in Morocco and Jordan.

34.   The closing session was also attended by several members of the Portuguese government.

35.   The communique was presented at the closing session of the meeting, which followed similar annual sessions in Morocco and Jordan.

36.   The Kashmir flareup was among the regional conflicts discussed by the foreign ministers during the closing session of four days of talks in Germany dominated by the Kosovo crisis.

37.   The SAARC leaders, who returned to New Delhi from Shimla on Wednesday evening, hold their closing session on Thursday.

38.   The three-day summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference will end Thursday with a closing session in which leaders from Muslim nations will issue several resolutions.

39.   Tuesday was set aside for bilateral talks and a closing session.

40.   Turkish President Suleyman Demirel left the summit a day before it ended, to avert criticism at the closing session.