31.   Attorney General Janet Reno said Friday that a special court has authority to appoint a successor to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.

32.   Bandic will remain at the post until his successor is appointed.

33.   Chairman Bob Murray said there were no immediate plans to appoint a successor.

34.   Evans has agreed to assist in the process of appointing his successor.

35.   Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind urged NATO to appoint a successor quickly.

36.   For divisional Youth chiefs who are no longer eligible to hold the post, a successor should be appointed based on consensus among officials at the divisional level.

37.   Gov. Roy Barnes, a Democrat, has the option of appointing a successor to serve until a special election in November.

38.   He said it would give Mandela time to appoint successors and insure an orderly transition.

39.   He spoke over the phone with Primakov about the need to quickly appoint a successor to Prosecutor General Yuri Skuratov, presidential spokesman Dmitry Yakushkin said.

40.   His successor will be appointed next month, the government said in a statement.