1.   EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler told European farmers Monday if they want to preserve their sector they must accept the drastic reforms in farm spending he has put forward.

2.   He said the committee will study any complaints put forward to it and will act accordingly.

3.   Babiker Abdel Sayed, the election president in the district, denied Sallawi had put forward any complaints or that his representatives had been barred from sealing boxes.

4.   But he said employers had already rejected several job-saving proposals put forward by the unions and forecast that the wage talks would be tough.

5.   But the elderly, former Waffen SS member faces stiff opposition from inside the party, which has put forward several other candidates.

6.   Emerging from the talks, Hartzenberg said he had put forward proposals and that the CP would meet Omar again.

7.   The UNHCR has put put forward a plan which still needs to be finalised, Oakley said.