1.   Fresh attempts at compromise with the legislature were also on the agenda, however, according to the deputy prime minister, Sergei Shakhrai.

2.   And Barak, now the caretaker prime minister, said that the next Israeli government would not be bound by the proposals raised during his tenure in office.

3.   And he said his record as deputy prime minister as described by Mahathir was a lie.

4.   Berlusconi wants a quick vote while he still commands the levers of power as caretaker prime minister.

5.   Government-run television carried an interview with Vuk Draskovic, the federal deputy prime minister, who said it was the Albanians who were committing atrocities against Serbs.

6.   London bookmakers placed best odds on Michael Heseltine, the Conservative deputy prime minister, who is also viewed as a moderate on the divisive issue of Europe.

7.   Oleg Davydov was appointed foreign economic relations minister and deputy prime minister.

8.   Prime Minister Lamberto Dini is likely to stay on as a caretaker prime minister until the election.

9.   Ssemogerere is a scholarly man, a former deputy prime minister who has spent his whole life in government, either as a party leader or as a bureaucrat.

10.   The Irish prime minister, or taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, ordered flags on national buildings flown at half-staff.