31.   Sixty percent of the rice consumed in west Africa has to be imported and this figure rises by about six percent a year, according to WARDA.

32.   Some gilt-edged stock fell by one-sixteenth of a point and some rose by a quarter of a point.

33.   Tensions with India are rising by the hour as Pakistan learns of fresh troop movements ordered by New Delhi, Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said Sunday.

34.   The markets do not believe prices will rise by cutting production levels.