21.   The four Tupac Amaru members have been charged in the kidnapping of former planning minister and newspaper owner Samuel Doria Medina.

22.   The first rocket caused severe damage to the office of the planning minister for Sindh province, whose government is headquartered in the building, police said.

23.   The four Tupac Amaru members were arrested for the kidnapping of Samuel Doria Medina, a former planning minister and newspaper owner.

24.   The Palestinian planning minister, Nabil Shaath, accused Israel of using the Palestinian areas as a dumping ground.

25.   Visibly agitated, the Palestinian planning minister stepped before the legislature, took off his jacket and prepared to defend himself against charges of wasting public funds.

26.   Abdallah Sarsam became planning minister.

27.   A University of California-educated economist, Rha served as trade minister under Chun and served as deputy premier-cum-economic planning minister under Roh.

28.   Another defendant was AMF chairman Jawad Hashem, a former Iraqi planning minister who holds a Canadian passport.

29.   Cho, a respected economist, served as deputy premier and economic planning minister under former president Roh Tae-Woo.

30.   Dismissed as deputy premier, he became planning minister, before taking over the finance portfolio.