1.   Regional bureaus of the State Department are taking over responsibility for the eliminated jobs.

2.   The city regional economic bureau, which oversees Pasar Jaya, should ask Napitupulu to withdraw the decree, he said.

3.   Fleury was on a private visit following a meeting of AFP regional bureau chiefs in Nicosia.

4.   In related developments, the construction ministry instructed regional bureaus to conduct nationwide inspections of tunnels and facilities to prevent landslides, a ministry official said.

5.   A regional seismological bureau official said many people were still buried in the debris.