21.   Zaher Shah was due back last month, but his return was postponed at the last minute because of reports of possible assassination plots.

22.   Zaher Shah originally was due back last month, but the trip was postponed at the last minute because of reports of possible plots to assassinate him.

23.   His meeting had been scheduled for Thursday but was postponed at the last minute when Singh was suddenly summoned to a special meeting by Vajpayee.

24.   A court hearing scheduled for Friday in the spy case centering on FBI agent Earl Edwin Pitts has been postponed at the request of his attorneys.

25.   A meeting Thursday, which was aimed at putting final touches to a coalition, was postponed at her request.

26.   A meeting of the countries bordering the sea, which had been planned for Tuesday and Wednesday in Moscow, was postponed at the request of Turkmenistan and Iran.

27.   Earlier this month, an Anglo-Irish summit was postponed at the last minute because of unresolved differences between Dublin and London on paramilitary disarmament.

28.   The summit was originally scheduled to take place last October, but was postponed at the last minute to enable Chretien to campaign in the Quebec independence referendum.

29.   The United Nations said Friday that planned talks between an Iraqi delegation and UN officials had been postponed at the request of the Iraqis.

30.   Manager Ebbe Skovdahl had hoped to have Zerouali available after the game at McDiarmid Park was postponed at the last minute because of heavy fog on Saturday.