31.   He said the Mississippi office is handling the case to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest.

32.   ING spokesman Rudolf Polet said the North Korean office would handle client services and trade and commodity finance.

33.   ING spokesman Rudolf Polet said a North Korean office would handle client services and trade and commodity finance.

34.   The government trade office primarily handles marketing of U.S. agricultural products in the region.

35.   The Foreign Relations office handles extraditions.

36.   The office handles relations in the absence of official ties.

37.   The U.S. office will handle consular, political and commercial functions and will probably serve as a transitional step toward the eventual exchange of ambassadors.

38.   A jury found Dale innocent of the charges that he had embezzled money from the news organizations whose travel arrangements the office handled.

39.   But during a campaign speech in Hiroshima on Wednesday, Murayama had promised his office would handle the meeting.

40.   The Singapore office will be in charge of South Asia operations, and Tokyo office would handle northern Asia affairs, Aberlich said.