101.   Spectators included former defence minister Magnus Malan and General Constand Viljoen, who was chief of the old defence force.

102.   Stoltenberg, a former defence and foreign affairs minister, was delighted about the post.

103.   Such personalities as former defence minister Francois Leotard and former budget minister Nicolas Sarkozy were not invited in, although three pro-Balladur relative lightweights were given jobs.

104.   Takahashi testified in parliament last week he had close ties with politicians, including a former labor minister and a former defence chief, as well as bureaucrats.

105.   The agency said a helicopter of the fundamentalist militia carrying two Taliban was also shot down by the rival forces, led by former defence minister Ahmed Shah Masood.

106.   The Briton has been identified as Peter Bleach, a former British defence services officer now working as a salesman of aircraft and spare parts.

107.   The arrested Briton has been identified as Peter Bleach, a former British defence services officer now working as a salesman for aircraft and spare parts.

108.   The book tells of a complicated manoeuvre to make former defence minister Charles Hernu take the blame for the Greenpeace operation rather than then prime minister Laurent Fabius.

109.   The agency said a helicopter of the fundamentalist militia carrying two Taliban was also shot down by the rival forces led by former defence minister Ahmed Shah Masood.

110.   The charges have been denied by Pawar, a former defence minister who mounted a challenge three years ago to become prime minister of India.