1.   African heads of state have for two years in a row made commitments to reduce malaria and HIV infections in their countries.

2.   Fittingly, after the death of the leader of a great country, no fewer than seven African heads of state rushed to pay their respects.

3.   In years past, Piot said, even meeting with an African head of state was difficult.

4.   In September, Mayor Wellington E. Webb plans to play host to African heads of state for a meeting here on development and democracy.

5.   It is now hard to see African heads of state rushing back to Libya.

6.   Several African heads of states are expected to be present, including President Nelson Mandela of South Africa.

7.   Strikingly, no African heads of state attended the meeting, the most important periodic conference on the African AIDS epidemic.

8.   Then Bush will host the Nigerian president, his first meeting with an African head of state who will be pleading for debt reduction.

9.   Throughout this schedule, Clinton will meet with human rights activists, business leaders, and more than a half-dozen African heads of state.

10.   Pilots and other employees unions of Air Afrique urged African heads of state Monday to reject a plan by Air France that would liquidate their troubled airline.