1.   A former information minister, Mushahid Hussain, is among those held.

2.   After the bombing began, the protests became more violent, and the Serb Republic information minister last week warned there might be attempts to secede from Bosnia.

3.   But on Thursday, the information minister in Kabul offered a new twist.

4.   Censorship has been strict here under the rules laid down by Vucic, the Serbian information minister, who is a member of the strongly nationalist Vojislav Seselj party.

5.   Dudayev was reported on Monday by his information minister, Movladi Udugov, to be working on his own peace proposal.

6.   In the same vein, Yasser Abed Rabbo, the Palestinian information minister, said it was clear that Sharon and his government did not aspire to a truce.

7.   In unusually candid terms, the Palestinian information minister, Yasir Abed Rabbo, deplored the lack of a coherent Palestinian strategy.

8.   Last week soldiers picked up the former information minister, Mushahid Hussain, who was under house arrest after the coup.

9.   Others, including Mohamed Abdu Yaman, a former information minister, argued against boycotting the event, arguing that Saudi Arabia could help influence the debate.

10.   Saturday, Jamal, the information minister, effectively told the world to mind its own business.