41.   A series of attempts to acquire overseas financial institutions were designed to secure funding sources for its much-touted globalization drive, a group spokesman said.

42.   A third low-ranking DFLP member was also freed with them, said the group spokesman Ahmed Hammad.

43.   The plan includes localization of parts and components and import source diversification, said Lee Moon-Seo, a group spokesman.

44.   The Swedish industrial group Celsius, which specialises in military equipment, has won two orders from the Pakistani navy, a group spokesman said Tueday.

45.   Kerstin Kaiser-Nicht, who is deputy president of the PDS, informed her parliamentary group of her decision by telephone, said group spokesman Juergen Reents.

46.   Reliance group spokesman Yogesh Desai, however, declined to comment.

47.   Russian investment group MMM, which crashed spectacularly at the end of July, reopened its sales offices across Russia Monday, a group spokesman Thursday said.

48.   The four other subsidiaries are Sammi Corp. Sammi Metal Product Co. Sammi Industrial Co. and Sammi Fine Ceramics Co., a group spokesman said.