41.   ITAR-Tass, quoting a spokesman for President Boris Yeltsin, said the proposal emerged from a meeting between Saddam and a Yeltsin envoy.

42.   It later quoted a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in London as saying that Yerokhin had a successful appendectomy during five hours of surgery.

43.   It quoted police spokesman Bob Ngobi as saying most of those arrested were suspected robbers.

44.   Last month, a report quoting government spokesman Jozef Kroslak intimated Meciar had a mistress.

45.   Nightly skirmishes continued in and around Grozny, with Chechens injuring three Russian soldiers Monday night, Interfax said, quoting a spokesman for Russian troops in Chechnya.

46.   No one was injured, the radio quoted police spokesman Josef Sulcek as saying.

47.   No shots were fired, the agency quoted the spokesman as saying.

48.   Oil production was largely stable, the China Daily quoted Daqing spokesman Liu Zhengyin as saying.

49.   Quoting a spokesman for Islamic Media Watch, Al-Hayat said that Jordan provided Syria with the names after their relations improved in recent weeks.

50.   Radio Fiji quoted rebel spokesman Jo Nata as saying the rebels released the four as a goodwill gesture.