1.   A Portuguese Defense Ministry spokesman said that embassy staff in Bissau were holed up in the building due to the fighting outside.

2.   Afghan warlord Gen. Rashid Dostum will arrive in Ankara later this week to visit his family and meet with Turkish officials, the Afghan embassy said Tuesday.

3.   Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr., said the embassy and four U.S. consulates elsewhere in China would continue to work normally.

4.   But Hutapea said the embassy believed Ahmad and Yusef were not to blame for the fight and that the argument was not over a woman.

5.   Doctors at the Santiago Central Emergency Hospital have Gilaberte under observation to determine whether surgery will be necessary, the embassy said.

6.   He said the embassy and consulate would be able to function and to service Americans in the South Asian country.

7.   He said American embassies and consulates are following up to try to verify the welfare of Americans.

8.   He said embassy officials called Spanish authorities while the women were inside.

9.   He was finally put on a train to Poland without being allowed to collect his belongings, the embassy said.

10.   However, he said the embassy and consulate would be closed through Monday, which is a holiday in Pakistan.