41.   MAS plans to sign up a code-share pact with Canadian International to fly the Kuala Lumpur-Taipeh-Vancouver route, officials were recently quoted saying.

42.   More jobs are expected to be lost over the next two years, officials from trading and refining companies were quoted saying in the report.

43.   NYPD Detective Hayman Goon was quoted saying the growing triad presence in New York had become a top police priority.

44.   Serbian President Milan Milutinovic will not be handed over to the UN war crimes court while in office, Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic was quoted saying on Monday.

45.   Seven major stores have already agreed to follow the directive from the Kota Baru Municipal Council, officials were quoted saying by the Star daily.

46.   The envoy will be accompanied by his family and Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a foreign ministry official was quoted saying by Bernama news agency.

47.   The majority of Iranians smoke smuggled cigarettes, an official from the Iranian national tobacco company was quoted saying by the official IRNA news agency.

48.   The new rule is aimed at establishing a supervisory mechanism to pay for imports under current accounts, Zhou was quoted saying by the official Xinhua news agency.