111.   Ecevit responded saying Ankara would veto such access unless Turkey is given equal status in EU operations, the newspaper said.

112.   FAM deputy president Abdullah Ahmad Shah assured FIFA that it would seek the help of the Asian Football Confederation to help stamp out bookies, the Star newspaper said.

113.   Exports of rice, cotton fabrics and carpets all showed healthy increases, the newspaper said, citing government sources for all the figures.

114.   Faced with an outcry over crime, Taiwan may use flogging as a punishment for some offenses, a newspaper said Sunday.

115.   Five banks placed winning bids for the securities, which were sold Wednesday, the state-run newspaper said.

116.   Fireworks-related accidents declined by a quarter last year because of partial bans in many cities, said the newspaper Legal Daily.

117.   Four of them escaped, but the fifth pretended to have a heart attack after the arrest, said the newspaper.

118.   Four persons died Saturday and the others died Friday, newspapers said.

119.   Garzon denied bail out of concern that Gusinsky might flee the country, Spanish newspapers said.

120.   He also had an execution-style bullet wound in his forehead, the newspaper said, and other rebels had similar wounds.