11.   Hembreck was not available Fridayfor comment, but News Journal spokesman Jerry Buckley said the paper stood by the quotes, which were not recorded.

12.   He was found on a highway outside Moscow with five bullet holes in his body, the papers said.

13.   His fines were for failing to perform team duties and not making weight, the paper said, without citing the source of its information.

14.   IBM attributed its growth to its wholly owned Celestica Inc. unit, which makes computer equipment for IBM and other companies, the paper said.

15.   In Botswana, the editor of The Midweek Sun, Mike Mothibi, said his paper and others had lost government advertising.

16.   Its staple businesses were drug trafficking, extortion and murder when needed, court papers said.

17.   Nash had declined to testify, citing his right against self-incrimination, court papers said.

18.   Nomura regained the top spot in May after it regained some business brokering small amounts of stock, which pays higher commission than large blocks, the paper said.

19.   Publishers say the papers and magazines are protected by the First Amendment.

20.   The agreement also calls for Japan to establish an organization to negotiate freight-handling conflicts, the paper said.