1.   Ministers are discussing a plan of action to deal with the crisis.

2.   Ministers are still discussing with the Royal Household the style of the repair work.

3.   APEC ministers also discussed progress made on individual action plans proposed by each member last year during a summit meeting in Manila.

4.   Asia-Pacific trade ministers discussed ways to widen market access and reduce barriers to tariffs and trade in such areas as financial services and technology products.

5.   At their meeting Wednesday, Israeli ministers discussed ways to speed up promised aid to Arafat and turn over tax money collected from Palestinian laborers.

6.   At the meeting, the ministers discussed a monthly report released by the Economic Planning Agency, which said the Japanese economy is gaining strength.

7.   Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso said his finance minister would discuss budget cutting proposals on Monday, though it was unclear whether those discussions would be made public.

8.   British ministers discussed the crisis at the weekly meeting of the Cabinet, chaired by Major at his Downing Street office.

9.   EU agriculture ministers are discussing today and tomorrow the planned U.K. response to the crisis, though it is not expected the ban will be lifted.

10.   Finance ministers will discuss the coins at a meeting on Monday.