1.   After several abortive efforts over nearly three decades, Congress is taking the first steps this week toward the likely overhaul of the beleaguered Immigration and Naturalization Service.

2.   Japanese Finance Minister Eisuke Sakakibara said that the International Monetary Fund and the industrialized nations will take steps this week to help Indonesia.

3.   Meanwhile, Japanese Finance Minister Eisuke Sakakibara said that the International Monetary Fund and the industrialized nations will take steps this week to help Indonesia.

4.   Meanwhile, Japanese Vice Finance Minister Eisuke Sakakibara said that the International Monetary Fund and the industrialized nations will take steps this week to help Indonesia.

5.   Navy Secretary John Dalton took an important step this week by issuing a sensible policy on pregnancy.

6.   Nationalists are furious that the British government took steps this week to require that the British flag fly over all government buildings in Northern Ireland.

7.   Sakakibara said Sunday the International Monetary Fund and major industrialized nations will take steps this week to help Indonesia.

8.   Security First Technologies took a big step this week toward being the software company that banks turn to when they want to set up shop online.

9.   Troubled by the decline in tourism, the Egyptian Cabinet took steps this week to help the industry.

10.   Western diplomats say they are hopeful that progress will be made on those steps this week.