31.   Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy hosted Azizah Ismail to a luncheon at the start of her expected round of talks with several high-level leaders in the Malaysian capital.

32.   Habibie arrived in the Malaysian capital Tuesday to meet with the other leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings.

33.   He was last known to have been in Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, where he checked out of a hotel on Friday.

34.   He reached the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, and checked into the five-star Regent Hotel around midnight.

35.   Heavy rain failed to increase the water supply for nearly two million people in and around the Malaysian capital Tuesday, drawing street protests from residents.

36.   He will seek to generate greater participation from Japan in helping ailing Southeast Asian economies, and boost Japanese corporate sector confidence in the Malaysian capital market.

37.   Heavy rain failed to increase the water supply for nearly two million people in and around the Malaysian capital Tuesday as restive residents organized street protests.

38.   However, U.S. diplomats in the Malaysian capital ruled out that possibility.

39.   Hundreds of foreign reporters and observers have flocked to the Malaysian capital to watch the trial of the ousted deputy prime minister and finance minister.

40.   However, the spokeswoman confirmed the talks would take place during the course of the week in the Malaysian capital.