91.   The French foreign ministry confirmed that Lefevre had been abducted again by members of the same tribe Sunday night several hours after he was freed.

92.   The French foreign ministry confirmed Wednesday it had sacked a cook for corruption involving supplies of fish served on the ministerial menu.

93.   The German foreign ministry confirmed Wednesday that kidnappers demanding seven million dollars ransom had abducted seven German motorcyclists in southeastern Yemen.

94.   The foreign ministry did not confirm the report.

95.   The foreign ministry neither confirmed nor denied the report, which highlighted recent tensions between China and Taiwan in addition to the continued instability on the Korean peninsula.

96.   The interior ministry confirmed that two officers had been arrested, but denied that they were keeping Lebed under surveillance.

97.   The French foreign ministry confirmed that all the passengers and crew members had been released.

98.   The Israeli defence ministry confirmed a security meeting was scheduled for later in the day.

99.   The Israeli foreign ministry confirmed that full delegations would restart talks on Sunday but did not specify the venue.

100.   The foreign ministry could not confirm that the invitation had arrived.