1.   Amid the high-power negotiations, the government named former top Telmex official Carlos Casasus to the Communications and Transportations Secretariat, which oversees the talks.

2.   Announcing its deficit reduction program, the Yeltsin government Friday named a tough-minded former finance administrator to head the state tax Service.

3.   In Chiapas state, the new government has named opposition politicians to important Cabinet positions.

4.   In the capital on Majuro Atoll, the government named Kunio Lemari, minister of transport and communications, as acting president.

5.   Last month the Indian government named R. Bhaskarudu as managing director.

6.   The government recently named another faction as the official Unita.

7.   The French government has named the pianist and conductor Philippe Entremont a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters.

8.   The government named a presumed loyalist, Ljubisav Aleksic, as the new editor and general manager.

9.   The government named several rebels as the killers, although many aid officials suspect the army itself.

10.   The government also named a group of five investment banks which it said applied to be selected as co-managers for the sale.