1.   A number of deputy ministers were also appointed.

2.   Meanwhile, the deputy ministers claim progress on compensation for blood-transfused HIV-infected Canadians.

3.   The Ukrainian deputy prime minister, Yuli Yoffe, was due in Moscow yesterday for talks with the Russian fuel and energy minister, Yuri Shafranik.

4.   Also today, Gurria said he plans to keep the three deputy ministers who served his predecessor, Guillermo Ortiz.

5.   Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Shotaro Oshima will replace Yoshiji Nogami, deputy minister for foreign affairs in charge of economics.

6.   Among the dead were the deputy interior minister, Gen. Mikhail Rudchenko, and his aide Gen. Nikolai Goridov.

7.   Among the passengers on the flight was Russian deputy atomic energy minister Viktor Sidorenko.

8.   And Gen. Bantu Holomisa, a deputy Cabinet minister, was dismissed shortly after he accused another party official of taking a bribe years ago.

9.   And the Meridien President in Bangkok is owned by a former deputy prime minister and prominent businessman, Chalermphan Srivikorn.