31.   An informed source said yesterday that Burmese Foreign Minister U Ong Gyaw would pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai today before the weekly Cabinet meeting.

32.   An informed source told The Nation that Chuan is scheduled to visit Washington in mid-March.

33.   An informed source, meanwhile, said Tarrin will also discuss changes to the bill proposed by the Chuan government.

34.   An informed source said Sukhumbhand also asked Japan to help negotiate with the IMF for a relaxation of the stringent conditions for granting loans to Thailand.

35.   An informed source said that U Hla Muang told Virasak that the area where the shots were fired is controlled by Karen minorities.

36.   Authorities remained silent about army sweeps in three regions over the past month, though informed sources and independent newspapers reported several dozen militants were killed in the operations.

37.   But informed sources in the Syrian capital confirmed that hundreds of prisoners have been freed.

38.   But informed sources have said that hundreds of people, most of them members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, have been freed.

39.   But informed sources said that Speaker Betty Boothroyd will likely turn down Sinn Fein.

40.   But informed sources, who asked not to be identified, said the buyers were the Indians.