101.   Hong Sa-duk, an independent legislator who broke with the opposition last year, was given a post handling political affairs.

102.   In his comments to NHK for a political affairs program to be broadcast Sunday, Koizumi avoided calling for Kato to step down.

103.   In what appeared to be a minor shake-up, Amama Mbabazi, a former minister of state for political affairs, was transferred to the Ministry of Regional Cooperation.

104.   In Washington, State Department officials said the undersecretary of state for political affairs and the U.S. ambassador in Ankara have raised the debt issue with Turkish officials.

105.   Interior Minister Mwenze Kongolo has accused UNHCR of interfering in internal political affairs.

106.   Interior Minister Surjadi Sudirdja replaced him as minister for security and political affairs.

107.   Interior Minister Mwenze Kongolo accused the UNHCR Sunday of interference in internal political affairs and objected to its protests over the forced repatriation of Rwandan refugees.

108.   Interior Minister Mwenze Kongolo accused UNHCR of interfering in internal political affairs.

109.   It is not unprecedented for the king to intervene in political affairs.

110.   It looked like just another internal political affair again this time.