11.   ValueVision Chairman and Chief Executive Robert Johander will serve as interim CEO of the combined company until a permanent chief is named.

12.   British defense minister named NATO chief.

13.   In Mostar, Europeans charged with unifying two police forces took heart when Croats named a tough new chief.

14.   Named party chief for Moscow.

15.   The toughest criticism has been of Baez, a political appointee from the ruling Dominican Liberation Party who was named civil defense chief a month before the hurricane hit.