41.   Last month, the prosecutor general launched a criminal investigation into allegations that Lazarenko illegally spent government money to repair his state-owned country house.

42.   Lebanon is holding a Lebanese American wanted in the United States on money-laundering charges, the prosecutor general said Tuesday.

43.   Lebanon is seeking the extradition of a Lebanese-American businessman detained by authorities in the Republic of Georgia, the prosecutor general said Monday.

44.   Local newspapers said a report would be handed over Sunday to the general prosecutor, who is in charge of the probe.

45.   Officials contacted by The Associated Press Tuesday could provide no details, saying the report had not yet been officially handed over to the prosecutor general.

46.   On Sunday, the prosecutor conferred with Arben Rakipi, the general prosecutor.

47.   One headline claimed the general prosecutor said the KGB and the Cosa Nostra were running Romania.

48.   President Emil Constantinescu on Monday fired the general prosecutor, who has come under strong criticism for his alleged loyalty to the former government.

49.   Public interest petitions can only be filed by the state prosecutor general.

50.   Sevastyanov said that under the constitution and legislation on the status of deputies, only a prosecutor general can apply to the Duma to bring a deputy to trial.