1.   Philippine President Joseph Estrada on Tuesday sacked the head of an agency responsible for recovering the alleged ill-gotten wealth of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

2.   Last month, a party division head was sacked after an investigation showed he had used money to buy up votes to win party posts.

3.   In March, Washington forced Izetbegovic to sack the head of a secretive international intelligence department for his continuing links with Tehran.

4.   The president also sacked the heads of four public enterprises as well as Health Minister Vladislav Ostapenko, whom he held responsible for poor hospital administration.

5.   The State Department Monday accused Lukashenko of stepping beyond his constitutional powers by sacking the head of the electoral commission, who had opposed the referendum.

6.   Yeltsin also sacked head of the Federal Security Service Sergei Stepashin and Stavropol regional governor Yevgeny Kuznetsov.

7.   Last week Lukashenko sacked the head of the electoral commission for saying he would not validate the plebiscite because of procedural irregularities.

8.   Last week he sacked the head of the electoral commission for saying he would not validate the plebiscite because of procedural irregularities.

9.   Last week, Lukashenko sacked the head of the electoral commission for saying he would not validate the results of the plebiscite, sparking mass demonstrations.

10.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin on Thursday sacked the head of the state television network RTR, his office announced without explaining the reasons behind the ouster.