31.   The government said that the deaths had occurred as paramilitary gendarmes were checking identity papers.

32.   The government said that only two people had been killed as groups of ill-intentioned people attacked the security forces.

33.   The government said that a rebel attack on the town of Tchoukou-Hadje had left several dead.

34.   The government said that fuel supplies would only last a few weeks, but that meat and butter would run out within days.

35.   The US government said that it was very concerned about the incident, denying Peruvian claims that the aircraft, en route to Panama, was off course.

36.   The government said that it was concerned by press reports that the authorities in the Transkei homeland had concluded a military accord with APLA and provided training bases.

37.   The Kabul government said this week that it believed Pakistan intended to supply the guerrillas with chemical weapons for use in the Jalalabad battle.

38.   That is pretty obvious, but it is the first time the Najibullah government has said so.

39.   About I m men are still under arms because, says the government, the war is not yet over.

40.   If as the government says, performance is the test of success, most state chairmen should have little to fear.