31.   Five asylum seekers left the embassy two weeks ago.

32.   As Christopher left the embassy he was loudly applauded by Vietnamese waiting outside and shook hands with people in the crowd.

33.   But the Canadian embassy in Beijing said two other North Koreans who entered the compound at the weekend had not left the embassy.

34.   Christopher left the embassy for a meeting with Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic.

35.   Ethiopian ambassador to Stockholm Tewolde Gebru confirmed Wednesday that several officials have left the embassy, but said they were recalled after four years of duty.

36.   They blocked a diplomatic car carrying Paye and Ambassador Dominque Perreau, forcing the two to enter and leave the embassy on foot.

37.   The women left the embassy in a Red Cross vehicle.

38.   Twenty-one East Timorese youths who forced their way into the Japanese embassy here to seek political asylum, left the embassy on their way to Portugal Wednesday.

39.   The women left the embassy in the back seat of a Red Cross vehicle.

40.   The youths left the embassy under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the afternoon, a French diplomatic source said.