1.   Speculation had swirled for months over whether Ventura would seek re-election, with even his closest aides being quoted as clueless in articles appearing last weekend.

2.   The paper quoted unnamed aides as saying Yeltsin is very tired and plans to go back on vacation for two months after the inauguration.

3.   White House aides are quoted as saying Mr. Clinton is having trouble focusing on his inaugural speech.

4.   Aides are quoted as saying she is in good health.

5.   Also Monday, a top Kremlin aide was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying that presidential power could be turned over to Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov.

6.   Bin Laden praised the people who carried out the attacks in Washington and New York, Ismail said, quoting the aide.

7.   But a senior congressional aide was quoted by The Times as saying Dole was not prepared to face any further criticism from Britain.

8.   But key Schroeder aides were quoted over the weekend as saying that the government would present plans by the summer for sharp cuts in business taxes starting next year.

9.   But their numbers are gradually being reduced, and they no longer salute him, the aide was quoted as saying.

10.   Echo Moscow radio quoted Dudayev aide Movladi Udugov as saying Chernomyrdin was the most reasonable figure in the Russian government.