31.   In a separate development, a parliamentary committee recommended late Monday that parliamentary immunity be lifted from former Interior Minister Gustav Krajci.

32.   In a separate development, Armenian Defense Minister Vazgen Sarkisian and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Safar Abiyev, met in Georgia earlier this week, Georgian officials said Wednesday.

33.   In a separate development, de Mello appointed seven national commissioners to a newly established Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

34.   In a separate development, Finance Minister Mihai Manoli resigned to protest a government decision to fire tax officials for not collecting enough tax revenue.

35.   In a separate development, Hussein Aidid warned Thursday all foreigners against coming into Mogadishu without prior authorization of his administration.

36.   In a separate development, Israel television reported that Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin told the Cabinet that Syria had foiled progress in peace negotiations by leaking information.

37.   In a separate development, Israeli police said they had questioned a Jewish settler in the shooting death of a Palestinian in the West Bank on Sunday.

38.   In a separate development, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said preparations are under way for a possible spring summit between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and U.S. President Bill Clinton.

39.   In a separate development, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said the results of a review of U.S. nuclear weapons programs would be announced next week.

40.   In a separate development, seven people were shot dead Monday night in central Karachi when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a group beside a residential street.