1.   Joshi said the confidential report was not binding on the state government cabinet, which he said would consider its recommendations in consultation with lawyers and other state bureaucrats.

2.   All three leaders have posts in the interim government cabinet.

3.   Carrard said the deliberations of many national parliaments are open to the public, while those of government cabinets are normally closed.

4.   An official announcement released on Wednesday said the government cabinet decided to drop the arms embargo on Yugoslavia.

5.   President Kim Dae-Jung has called for a World Cup free of industrial unrest, ordering the government cabinet to consider an amnesty for jailed union workers.

6.   The German government cabinet was due later Friday to finalize a resolution which will be put to the assembly.

7.   The German government cabinet will take a decision Friday afternoon on providing troops for an international security force in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said.

8.   The government cabinet will approve its amended budget on Sunday and present it to parliament later this month.

9.   The matter was also expected to be raised Wednesday at the regular weekly meeting of the government cabinet.

10.   The new government cabinet is expected in any event to carry less ministers, with some portfolios being merged, officials say.