1.   The Dnestr region leader, Igor Smirnov, attended the meetings.

2.   President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela announced the seizure Sunday during a meeting of Andean region leaders.

3.   She was a region leader, a mentor, making good money.

4.   A large majority of the present national leadership, including Kinkel himself, has already publicly backed Wolfgang Gerhardt, the Hesse region FDP leader, as successor.

5.   Bavarian region IG Metall leader Werner Neugebauer said he would be proposing that the strikes begin in Bavaria on Friday.