11.   Fujimori made a surprise trip to the Dominican Republic and Cuba on Sunday and Monday, apparently seeking a country that might grant the rebels at least temporary asylum.

12.   Nigeria on Thursday offered warlord Roosevelt Johnson temporary asylum in an effort to ease the crisis.

13.   Thai Foreign Minister Taksin Shinawatra said Sunday that the refugees would be granted temporary asylum.

14.   The three Lebanese who survived have applied for temporary asylum in Hungary.

15.   Under tight security, Palestinian militants exiled by Israel left Cyprus on Wednesday aboard two European planes for six EU nations that have agreed to offer them temporary asylum.

16.   Under tight security, Palestinian militants exiled by Israel left Cyprus on Wednesday for six EU nations that have agreed to offer them temporary asylum.

17.   With their leaders facing international pressure to make peace, Liberian gunmen Thursday toned down their street battles while one of the main warlords pondered temporary asylum in Nigeria.

18.   Zimbabweans have been crossing into neighboring Malawi to seek temporary asylum from tensions in their country in the run-up to presidential elections, immigration officials said.

19.   Washington has yet to convince Turkey to offer temporary asylum to Kurds and Iraqis in northern Iraq who collaborate with the United States , the State Department said Wednesday.

20.   Ramos said the Philippines was providing temporary asylum for in the interests of regional stability but hoped he would leave soon.