91.   French commandos fired back at the occupants of two cars who sprayed the French embassy with bullets, killing or wounding them.

92.   French embassy officials declined to comment saying they had not yet been consulted about the proposal.

93.   French embassy officials, contacted Thursday, said they had not been approached by Sin Song or any Thai representatives regarding asylum for him.

94.   French troops were grouping all expatriates wishing to leave their homes in the city center, at the French embassy or at the airport.

95.   Four Greenpeace demonstrators chained themselves to the gates of the French embassy here on Wednesday to protest the planned resumption of nuclear tests in the South Pacific.

96.   Four East Timorese have requested asylum Monday, two at the Polish embassy here and two others at the French embassy, diplomatic sources said.

97.   Four were in the French embassy on Monday, sources said.

98.   Four young East Timorese who had been holed up in the French embassy here left the compound late Wednesday for the airport to fly on to Portugal.

99.   Four East Timorese broke into the French embassy here early Tuesday, an embassy source said.

100.   Four East Timorese who broke into the French embassy compound Sunday are likely to likely to leave for Portugal later Tuesday, sources said here.