1.   The debate between the Defense and State Departments on the wisdom of trying to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has caused deep rifts between the departments in recent months.

2.   A brother of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, a key American ally, said Wednesday he doubted the Clinton administration wants to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

3.   A former Iraqi diplomat in Europe has defected to Britain and joined an exiled opposition group trying to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the group said Tuesday.

4.   An envoy of Kurdish rebel leader Jalal Talabani is in Jordan to forge a cooperation agreement with a dissident faction seeking to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

5.   An Iraqi dissident group said Tuesday it has launched an Arabic-language broadcast via satellite as part of a campaign to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

6.   But corruption scandals have become so widespread in Indian politics that it appears only the most serious can topple a leader.

7.   Egypt has opened a dialogue with Iraqi dissidents who are trying to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, an opposition group said Tuesday.

8.   In August, the government granted asylum to senior Iraqi defectors and launched contacts with dissident groups in exile in an effort to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

9.   Many protesters drifted away to march on the state television station, the site of demonstrations during the October public uprising that toppled junta leader Gen. Robert Guei.

10.   One of the poorest countries in the world, the former British colony has remained unstable since a military coup toppled leader Capt. Valentine Strasser last month.