21.   It was not immediately known if Shahak will meet with Prime Minister Abdul-Salam Majali, who also is defense minister.

22.   Most high-profile officials, such as the foreign and defense ministers, kept their jobs.

23.   Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who is also defense minister, flew to the border to be briefed by his generals on the situation in Lebanon.

24.   Sharon planned to meet with his foreign and defense ministers later Thursday to decide whether to give the truce another chance.

25.   Suharto was meeting Vice President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie along with military commander Gen. Wiranto, who is also defense minister, on Friday.

26.   The daily Haaretz newspaper wrote that Sharon, then defense minister, widened the operation, sending his army to surround Beirut, without consulting Prime Minister Menahem Begin.

27.   The daily Haaretz wrote that Sharon, then defense minister, widened the operation, sending his army to surround Beirut, without consulting Prime Minister Menahem Begin.

28.   The documents were then supposed to be negotiated by foreign and defense ministers and to be ready for signing by heads of state at a later date.

29.   Under the first post-communist government, Stanculescu was named industry minister and then defense minister.

30.   Wiranto, who like many Indonesians uses one name, is also defense minister.