1.   Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Brunei will meet with the U.S. to discuss creating a currency stability fund.

2.   Noted art historians have discussed creating a corps of student volunteers to patrol outdoor monuments, while the film director Franco Zeffirelli suggested corporal punishment for vandals.

3.   Chancellor Helmut Kohl met industry and labor leaders Tuesday to discuss creating jobs in the sagging German economy, but the talks produced few signs of progress.

4.   Government officials and Zapatista rebels in Chiapas state began a new round of talks Tuesday to discuss creating a commission that will oversee recent peace agreements.

5.   The prosecution said Chun and his successor Roh Tae-Woo once discussed creating the new splinter party before being arrested.

6.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin met with the embattled Belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday to discuss creating closer ties between their countries, the Kremlin said.