1.   August usually produces a truce in Italian politics as party leaders head for the beaches along with everyone else.

2.   ASEAN leaders head home Saturday after their summit.

3.   Violence erupts as Nigerian leader heads for talks on Zimbabwe crisis.

4.   Group leaders Wales head for Moldavia with a squad sadly depleted up front.

5.   The Palestinian leader then heads to Moscow Tuesday for talks with Yeltsin, Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and Foreign Ministry Yevgeny Primakov, he said.

6.   Juventus are busy staking their claim to a Calcio double this week, as the league leaders head for the championship title and the Italian Cup final.

7.   The leaders head to the Mowana Safari Lodge in Kasane on Wednesday morning, before returning home Thursday.

8.   The Palestinian leader then heads to Moscow Tuesday for talks with Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov, he said.