11.   Islamist MPs failed Tuesday to lobby enough support in parliament to oust liberal Education Minister Ahmad al-Rabai, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported.

12.   Clinton invited a bipartisan group of lawmakers to the White House late Thursday to lobby support for the deployment.

13.   Turkish Prime Minister Tansu Ciller is to visit Bonn to lobby support for Turkey joining a European customs union and to strengthen trade links, government sources said Tuesday.

14.   UEFA president Lennart Johansson has lobbied support from the six confederations throughout the football world to rotate the hosting of the World Cup and the FIFA presidency.