11.   Paez could not be reached for comment, and messages seeking comment from the presidential press office went unanswered.

12.   President Alexander Lukashenko has unexpectedly merged three of his government ministries under one roof and appointed his adviser to head them, the presidential press service said Friday.

13.   President Boris Yeltsin resumed his summer vacation Tuesday, arriving at the Valdai lake resort in northwestern Russia, presidential press service announced.

14.   President Boris Yeltsin was hospitalized early Tuesday with acute heart problems, the presidential press service reported.

15.   President Boris Yeltsin will resume his vacation in northwestern Russia this week, the presidential press service said Monday.

16.   Presidential press undersecretary Marcelo Lagmay said David was relieved because of charges of inefficiency and graft against him.

17.   Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov will make the trip for talks with the European Union on Tuesday instead, Interfax said, quoting presidential press spokesman Dmitry Yakushkin.

18.   Putin also spoke with Bush by telephone Thursday about the summit and U.S.-Russian cooperation in operations in Afghanistan, the presidential press service said.

19.   A presidential press official said Yeltsin would be replaced by Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, but gave no further details.

20.   A meeting with Haitian lawmakers was not scheduled, the Haitian presidential press service said.