101.   China has started test-firing missiles off northern Taiwan, the defense ministry announced Wednesday, forcing the government to issue a new appeal for calm.

102.   China carried out a nuclear test on Monday, the Japanese foreign ministry announced here.

103.   Danish Foreign Minister Niels Helveg Petersen will meet with political and economic leaders during official visits to Chile and Brazil next week, the foreign ministry announced Thursday.

104.   Defense Minister Eduardo Serra will make the first visit to the United States by a member of the new Spanish government Tuesday and Wednesday, his ministry announced.

105.   The minister leaves for the United States on Sunday, and is scheduled to meet US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Tuesday, the Argentine foreign ministry announced.

106.   The ministry also announced incentives to turn down bribes, including salary increases for police.

107.   The Moroccan interior ministry announced Tuesday that security services had dismantled an al-Qaeda cell suspected of preparing the attacks.

108.   The Mozambican health ministry announced here Friday it is to launch its biggest spraying campaign in a bid to clamp down on malaria.

109.   The Russian finance ministry announced that it has worked out a schedule to pay overdue pensions, the Interfax news agency reported Saturday.

110.   The Russian foreign ministry announced Tuesday that Iraq had recognised the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kuwait as ordered by the UN.