101.   Insurance talks resumed in Tokyo last week, and talks in the medical and telecommunications equipment sector were being held in Tokyo on Tuesday and Wednesday.

102.   A presidential spokesman said forces loyal to Rabbani were still holding the Shash Pol hills overlooking Bamyan, and said reinforcements had been sent.

103.   An unspecified number of school children in two buses were being held hostage in the town itself, the news reports said.

104.   Ben-Rubi said the six militants were being held for questioning at an Old City police station and that the incident was closed.

105.   But while managers were holding a meeting to assess the situation Friday afternoon, the chances of the shuttle heading imminently home appeared low.

106.   Diplomatic sources said Trovoada, Defense and Interior Minister Alberto Paulino and three other cabinet members had been arrested were being held at the armed forces headquarters.

107.   The Sunday Telegraph said a total of five Britons were being held at Camp X-Ray.

108.   The UN hostages were seized in recent days and were being held as human shields in retaliation at NATO airstrikes against Serb munitions dumps last week.

109.   There was no holding the Pakistani once he had got in front again.

110.   Zeroual has been holding talks with opposition parties on the political future of Algeria to prepare for the national conference, a referendum on constitutional changes and legislative elections.