1.   Police Thursday sealed off nearly all of the old city and an adjacent neighborhood of hotels and government buildings from all outsiders except summit delegates and journalists.

2.   That head start encourages summit delegate William C. Nelson, president of NationsBank Kansas City Region.

3.   Vice President Al Gore, in brief remarks welcoming summit delegates, warned of rising sea levels, severe drought and other threats posed by global warming.

4.   After years of discussions, an idealistic goal for anti-poverty spending was put to the test and rejected by the summit delegates.

5.   But some summit delegates were miffed.

6.   Diplomats in Burkina Faso said summit delegates plan to draft a resolution on the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea after making rough recommendations to their leaders over the weekend.

7.   Diplomats in Burkina Faso said summit delegates plan to draft a resolution on the conflict after making recommendations to their leaders over the weekend.

8.   President Clinton, speaking to the U.N. summit delegates, delivered his strongest speech yet on global warming.

9.   Seeking new relevancy for the movement, thousands of summit delegates are also debating poverty, terrorism, nuclear weapons and reform of the United Nations.

10.   Some summit delegates said they would be calling for a two-year transition program, which is in line with the wishes of the Commonwealth heads of states.