1.   However, the Scottish industry minister, Allan Stewart, said Scotland now had the third lowest unemployment rate of all the UK regions.

2.   SCOTTISH companies should benefit from the decision to host the ninth Europartenariat in Glasgow later this year, Allan Stewart, the Scottish industry minister, said yesterday.

3.   The Scottish industry minister, Allan Stewart, said it was too early to say if this was the end of the upward trend in unemployment.

4.   But Habibie, an engineer turned industry minister who has sought to build an Islamist following, will scarcely be a popular choice.

5.   Deputy industry minister Soroka said the government is committed to selling FSO to Daewoo.

6.   In the past he was transport minister, international trade and industry minister and foreign minister.

7.   Other changes at the top of the government were caused by the abrupt resignation of Brian Tobin, the industry minister.

8.   The changes came after the surprise resignation of Brian Tobin, the industry minister.

9.   Those views were echoed Thursday by the French industry minister, Christian Pierret, who also warned producers that high prices would strangle their own markets in the West.

10.   Yves Duhaime, a former Quebec finance minister, is also considered a leading candidate, as is Rodrigue Biron, a former Quebec industry minister.