51.   The president of Kazakstan promised an anti-corruption campaign and measures to strengthen political parties in his annual address to the country on Wednesday.

52.   The president spent three hours Friday working on his annual address to parliament set for next month and doing other paperwork, the spokesman said.

53.   The president had delayed his annual address twice, apparently waiting until his soldiers gained the upper hand in Chechnya.

54.   The president of Kyrgyzstan will appoint a new government after his annual address to parliament at the end of this week, the presidential press service said Wednesday.

55.   The reprimand Wednesday followed harsh criticism of the reporter, Pavel Selin, by President Alexander Lukashenko in his annual address to parliament.

56.   Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, in his annual address to parliament, called Tuesday for boosting economic ties with Russia but criticized stronger efforts to resurrect the Soviet Union.

57.   Vajpayee paid homage to Gandhi at his memorial site before heading for the Red Fort to deliver his annual address.

58.   Vajpayee paid homage to Mohandas Gandhi at his memorial site before heading for the Red Fort to deliver his annual address.

59.   Whitman will deliver her annual address to a joint session of the state Legislature.

60.   Yeltsin had delayed his annual address twice, apparently waiting until his soldiers gained the upper hand in Chechnya.