1.   Brig. Edward Mansour, a Melchite Catholic, was named chief of the State Security Department, an internal security organ which normally went to a Shiite.

2.   Hutus are the majority in Burundi, but Tutsis control the military, police and other security organs.

3.   Lebed said he received additional powers, including the right to endorse personnel and structural changes in security organs.

4.   Zimbabwe under President Robert Mugabe was chosen chairman of the security organ.

5.   Vice Minister of Public Security Mou Xinsheng told the conference that public security organs would cooperate closely with banks in cracking down on white-collar crime.

6.   Security organs would be on hand to protect those who felt threatened by giving evidence, he said.

7.   Sudanese military ruler Omar al-Bashir has set up two new state security organs, answerable only to him, the official press reported Wednesday.

8.   The concealed weapons have been placed under the responsibility of security organs that would have to transfer them to military units, he noted.

9.   The concealed weapons have been placed in the responsibility of security organs that would have to transfer them to military units, he noted.

10.   The method can be used by security organs to silence activists and dissidents, as it provides for terms of up to three years without trial.