1.   Dismissed officials expressed little hope that any of the appeals would work, however.

2.   GM not only sought and obtained the court order Tuesday but also publicly accused the dismissed UAW official in Lordstown of fraud, a charge the union denied.

3.   The prosecutors said the dismissed official, Deputy Commissioner Walter S. Mack Jr., had been very cooperative with their efforts to rid the department of corruption.

4.   RAI, a leading newspaper published in Kiswahili, said Wednesday the dismissed officials should be investigated, prosecuted and made to return property acquired illegally.

5.   The China Daily quoted Vice Minister Zhang as saying the new regulation would also include guidelines for salaries and housing treatment of dismissed officials.

6.   The dismissed officials had reportedly wanted to sell the produce to private traders, newspapers said.