61.   Economist Jorge Humberto Botero was named trade minister, Cecilia Maria Velez is to serve as education minister and Carlos Cano will be agricultural minister.

62.   It said intelligence services were convinced that the chain of command went all the way to the top, and had named ministers in their reports.

63.   News reports said he failed to name female ministers this time because too many male candidates were waiting for cabinet posts.

64.   Other junior ministers had been named Tuesday.

65.   Parks Mankahlana, a spokesman for President Nelson Mandela, confirmed the resignation, adding that a new minister would be named sometime next week.

66.   Prime Minister Efrain Goldenberg called on her to name the minister.

67.   Prodi has already said publicly that former anti-graft magistrate Antonio Di Pietro would be named public works minister, a key post in the fight against corruption.

68.   Presidential economic advisor Koo Bong-Young was named minister of science and technology.

69.   Sharif is to name some ministers from allied parties later.

70.   The Banharn administration has been widely criticized for naming ministers to economic posts on the basis of coalition party politics and quotas rather than expertise.