91.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent his prime minister birthday congratulations Thursday, noting that Yevgeny Primakov has assumed his new duties at a difficult time.

92.   Rhoden and several friends talked about their new combat duty while taking refuge from the hot sun in a relatively spacious mess tent.

93.   Speaking at Russian military headquarters in Mozdok, Khadjiev said he hoped to go to the Chechen capital on Saturday to take up his new duties.

94.   The first woman to hold the position, she will assume her new duties later this year, the Royal Opera said.

95.   The government said the new duty was needed to protect local industry.

96.   The new duties are designed to give a breathing space to the embattled U.S. steel industry, but other countries claim they are illegal under World Trade Organization rules.

97.   The new duties are designed to give a breathing space to the embattled U.S. steel industry, but other countries claim they are illegal under WTO rules.

98.   The official said a new duty will be tacked on to foreign beer, crude oil and camera film brought into the country.

99.   The new duties would make drink prices in the Caymans the highest in the Caribbean, she warned.

100.   The Tamil lawyer replacing the assassinated mayor of the northern city of Jaffna said Wednesday that he will travel under federal security to take up his new duties.