1.   The English-language daily quoted the ministry as saying the directive was addressed to men because they are responsible for women in Islamic societies.

2.   The region lacks easy access so there was little hope of brining in firefighters, ITAR-Tass said, quoting the ministry for emergency situations.

3.   The Russian ministry was quoted as saying the gas pipeline exploded, burning the gas, but that the accident was small-scale.

4.   Inflation might edge up if people continue to stockpile major necessities, the paper quoted the ministry as saying.

5.   The report quoted the ministry of civil defense, emergencies and natural disasters.

6.   The second blast hit the demonstrators, the Russian interior ministry was quoted as saying in Moscow.

7.   They will be listed for trading after the issue is completed, Xinhua quoted the ministry as saying.

8.   It quoted the ministry of emergency situations here as saying the blast took place in the town of Svetogorsk, near Saint Petersburg.

9.   ITAR-TASS news agency quoted the ministry as saying the reactors were the same sort that the United States was preparing to deliver to North Korea.

10.   Kozyrev says he has also been shut out of the Russia-NATO discussions, although the defense ministry was quoted Monday as denying this.