11.   Investigations by Belgian national authorities, the US Federal Aviation Agency, and the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Agency would yield no definitive cause for the crash.

12.   Last year Ameritech confirmed it would consider taking a larger stake in Belgacom if the Belgian authorities were ready to sell.

13.   Neither the company nor the Belgian authorities had alluded to the earlier incident in their accounts of the recall.

14.   Siegel said that Belgian authorities would come to Newark next month to claim the painting and return it to van Wylinck.

15.   The Belgian authorities would not comment on the report.

16.   A suspected Islamic extremist was placed under investigation Friday in Paris at the request of Belgian authorities in connection with the assassination of Afghan opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood.

17.   After fingerprinting the group, Belgian authorities ordered them to leave and placed them unescorted on a train to Antwerp.

18.   After fingerprinting the group, Belgian authorities ordered them to leave, and placed them unescorted on a train to Antwerp.

19.   Announcing the security measures last week, Interior Minister Johan Vande Lanotte said Belgian authorities had received no direct threat of violence connected with the trial.

20.   Belgian authorities are expected to send a juridical delegation to the north African nation soon to obtain further details.