41.   Yeltsin would keep the right to propose candidates for prime minister and appoint the ministers of defense, security and foreign affairs.

42.   Four deputy prime ministers were appointed -- three from the GPC and one from Al-Islah.

43.   Four new ministers have been appointed.

44.   He said he would appoint ministers from among the best-educated people outside parliament.

45.   He said the decree appointing the ministers would only be signed on Sunday and would not be made public until Sunday afternoon.

46.   In the decree released here Sunday night, General Aidid said a few more ministers would be appointed later.

47.   Although Wickremesinghe controls the government, the executive power of appointing ministers rests with the president.

48.   Cabinet ministers should be appointed as soon as possible, he added.

49.   Eleven portfolios changed hands and seven new ministers were appointed.

50.   The outgoing minister of social welfare, relief and resettlement was named culture minister, while the culture minister was appointed to the security management committee.