11.   A defense ministry statement said one ship was sunk and communications were lost with another vessel in the hour-long battle Sunday night.

12.   A defense ministry statement said the three ships would leave Saturday for the region but did not mention any possible troop withdrawal.

13.   A Foreign Affairs ministry statement said the first planeload of supplies would leave Monday for Rwanda, and future shipments also would go to Zaire.

14.   A foreign ministry statement said Cem will seek more help from the United States in the competition to transport Caspian Sea oil.

15.   A defense ministry statement said the amnesty runs from Saturday to Monday.

16.   A home ministry statement did not set any date for peace talks.

17.   A foreign ministry statement said Ciller called U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Italian Premier Romano Prodi.

18.   A foreign ministry statement condemned the new defense pact on military and technical cooperation recently signed by its uneasy neighbor India and Russia.

19.   A foreign ministry statement said the brigade began moving out Friday.

20.   A ministry statement added that the two were not acting against Cyprus, but gave no further explanation.