51.   A Lebanese minister warned Friday that Beirut could bomb Israel in retaliation for the Israeli shelling.

52.   A Pakistani minister warned here on Thursday that extremist Filipino Moslems may be in Moslem guerrilla camps in Bosnia training to fight in the conflict-torn country.

53.   A pro-Syrian minister warned that Lebanon could bomb Israel in retaliation for Israeli shelling but the government made diplomatic contacts on Friday to ease the war of words.

54.   A South African trade minister on Saturday warned that terms offered under an EU free trade agreement could cause significant economic damage to his country.

55.   A former Turkish defense minister warned Sunday that Turkey would never allow the Greek-Cypriot authorities to deploy sophisticated Russian anti-aircraft missiles on the divided Mediterranean island.

56.   An Israeli minister warned Wednesday that his country could annex the West Bank and Gaza Strip if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat seeks recognition for an independent state.

57.   As the legal challenge was prepared, a former agriculture minister warned that Britain was at risk of another wave of the devastating animal virus.

58.   But the government minister warned in the newspaper La Stampa Saturday that human cloning was considered too risky by the scientific community.

59.   But the minister warned against total privatisation of all public services.

60.   But the minister warned developers of competition posed by shopping in warehouses, through mail brochures, television and the Internet.