1.   BReid, who is a former deputy district attorney, did not return a phone call seeking comment.

2.   Dundas Hamilton, former deputy chairman of the Stock Exchange, was once in the Brownies.

3.   Liu Huaqing, a former deputy army commander.

4.   Secretary for Mobilization and Social Welfare Huudu Yahaya moved to Trade and Tourism, to be replaced by his former deputy, D. S. Boateng.

5.   Malcolm Reid, a former deputy commander of the Dominica Defence Force, who was convicted and imprisoned with John, was also released.

6.   The former deputy mayor of Lakhdaria was arrested.

7.   Speaking to journalists, the former deputy Labour leader on Liverpool council hit out at the police decision to press ahead with the action against him.

8.   A jury returned not guilty verdicts on two charges against the former deputy council leader over car park deals in Liverpool.

9.   And many people questioned his political wisdom when, in October, he appointed as his top administrative aide Barry Sullivan, a former deputy mayor to David Dinkins.