21.   The president spoke on the phone Friday to session participants from a Moscow hospital where he is preparing for heart surgery, said council secretary Yuri Baturin.

22.   U.S. and Filipino forces are getting closer to finding an American couple kidnapped a year ago by Muslim militants, the U.S. deputy defense secretary said Sunday.

23.   With the trial due to start on Thursday, officials speaking on condition of anonymity also said presidential secretary Betty Currie was likely to be on any witness list.

24.   Details of the discussions were not immediately known, but the officials said foreign secretaries and diplomats of the two countries were also present at the meeting.

25.   Details of the discussions were not immediately known, but officials said foreign secretaries and diplomats of the two countries were also present at the meeting.

26.   Kalicki said the secretary and the other trade officials will have an agenda packed with regional economic issues.

27.   Kompas said commission secretary general Baharudin Lopa called on the authorities to find and arrest the people who incited the riot.