1.   Bush said he and other organizers of the Florida convention will meet Saturday to discuss preparations for a possible Powell candidacy.

2.   Chipper Jones, their third baseman, referred to the use of videotape on Tuesday afternoon in discussing his preparation for Hernandez.

3.   Jamar, who is now retired, said surveillance tapes recorded the Branch Davidians discussing preparation to light fires.

4.   Many hospitals declined to discuss their preparations for a potential terrorist attack.

5.   Peres said the two would discuss Christmas preparations in Bethlehem.

6.   Also Friday, Ivanov and Powell discussed summit preparations, including continuing negotiations on nuclear weapons cuts.

7.   Bildt said he hopes to travel to Albania next week to discuss preparations for peace.

8.   Boutros Boutros-Ghali, an Egyptian-born Christian, was scheduled to arrive Tuesday to discuss preparations for a U.N. summit next year.

9.   Boutros Boutros-Ghali, an Egyptian-born Christian, is scheduled to arrive Tuesday to discuss preparations for a U.N. summit next year.

10.   Foreign Minister Amr Moussa is expected to arrive Thursday in Morocco where he will discuss preparations for the summit.