11.   The administration official said it was not certain whether the new airline security office would be part of the homeland security office the president announced.

12.   The office has announced that it will decide in the next week whether to open a formal investigation.

13.   The presidential press office announced Monday that Yeltsin went on official holiday at an official residence outside Moscow.

14.   The statistics office announced the rates at a news conference to introduce the first pan-German consumer price index since unification five years ago.

15.   President Constantine Stefanopoulos will pay an official visit to the United States in May, his office announced Wednesday.

16.   Prime Minister John Howard will visit Singapore and China in late March and early April, his office announced Sunday.

17.   A day earlier, his office announced that he would hold a summit with U.S. President Bill Clinton in March, probably in Washington.

18.   An investigation is underway into whether the official tried to obtain information about the Los Angeles-based church from a Swiss woman, the office announced.

19.   Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic was rushed to the hospital Thursday morning with heart problems, his office announced.

20.   Blair, dressed in yellow overalls and disinfectant-scrubbed shoes, was touring the worst-hit areas of Scotland when his office announced the delay.