21.   The Russian space agency chief said Wednesday that the government will work out a plan to safely discard the Mir space station to prevent its uncontrolled plunge to Earth.

22.   Their two giant spacecraft had barely touched on Thursday when the U.S. and Russian space agency chiefs leapt out of their chairs and embraced.

23.   Yuri Koptev, the space agency chief, said he was sure the two would spot the holes when they venture outside the Mir next week.

24.   In a separate case of alleged misuse of Bulog funds, a former agency chief has been taken into police custody while investigations continue.

25.   But agency chief, Colonel Bibit Waluyo, said the headmaster should threaten action himself.

26.   The panel, placed directly under the agency chief, is expected to submit a report to the government by the end of August, agency officials said.

27.   The UN agency chief said Zairean forces and Rwanda would have to provide for the safety of any repatriation route.

28.   Usui, the first Japanese defense agency chief to visit Russia, was to meet Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov late Monday before returning to Tokyo.

29.   Wages vary from employer to employer, depending on their social standing, the agency chief noted.

30.   Last year, former environment agency chief Shin Sakurai stepped down after saying that Japan had not intended to wage a war aggression.