1.   And the Prime Minister, due to meet local Tory activists during a regional tour this week, is fighting off growing party unrest over the Budget VAT levy.

2.   The disclosures coincided with the start of a regional tour today by John Major, anxious to drum up greater financial support and bolster sagging party morale.

3.   Clinton is here on the final leg of a regional tour that has taken him to Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Botswana and Senegal.

4.   Previously released as separate brochures, the heritage tours were combined with the new regional tours into the one-stop-shopping guide, released this month.

5.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was in Morocco on Sunday as part of a regional tour to drum up support for the accord.

6.   Albright arrived on an unannounced visit at the end of a regional tour aimed at getting Arab-Israeli peace negotiations back on track.

7.   Al-Sahhaf was meeting with Foreign Minister Faris Bweiz on the last leg of a regional tour that also took him to Jordan, Egypt and Syria.

8.   Annan leaves Monday for the Palestinian territories and Israel, the last stops in a regional tour that began Tuesday.

9.   Annan is embarking on a regional tour to try to revive the stalled Middle East peace process and to discuss the fate of Palestinian refugees.

10.   Arzoumanian arrived in Beirut on Thursday as part of a regional tour that also will take him to Jordan and Egypt.