1.   He said the premier was accompanied by a high-level business delegation headed by Trade Secretary Richard Needham and including executives of several major British firms.

2.   He said the premier was accompanied by a high-level delegation headed by Trade Secretary Richard Needham and including executives of several major British firms.

3.   Luo Qingchang, a close aide of Mr Zhou, said he accompanied the premier to the South China Sea rendezvous.

4.   Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Shanmugam Jayakumar and other senior officials were to accompany the premier.

5.   The Indian premier was accompanied by Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, who praised the good relations between the two countries, which have had close ties for decades.

6.   The Japanese premier is accompanied by Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura, Telecommunications Minister Seiko Noda, Home Affairs Minister Takeshi Noda and Japanese business leaders.

7.   The premiers are accompanied at the summit by their ministers of defense, interior and science and technology.

8.   But Telemachos Xitiris, a Greek deputy information minister accompanying the premier, denied Papandreou had a check-up.

9.   The Rwandan premier is being accompanied by Tanzanian Foreign Minister Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Home Affairs Minister Ali Ameir Mohamed and Defence Minister Edgar Maokola-Majogo.

10.   The Paraguayan premier will be accompanied by eight high-ranking government officials, it added.