31.   Council members have agreed to give preference to African candidates to maintain the tradition of two terms for U.N. chiefs from other continents.

32.   Currently, the WTO has three deputy chiefs from the United States, Mexico and India.

33.   Defense ministers and army chiefs from Uganda and Rwanda said Monday disagreements between their countries should be resolved amicably and swiftly.

34.   Defense chiefs from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania met Tuesday to discuss joint training exercises and closer cooperation in defense and security.

35.   Defense chiefs from eight southern African countries discussed renewed conflict Thursday in nearby Congo and Angola as part of their routine regional security meeting.

36.   Defense ministers and army chiefs from Uganda and Rwanda said Monday that disagreements between their countries should be resolved amicably and swiftly.

37.   During the ceremony, PWI awarded a former chief from Lebak, a West Java village, Jaro Karis, for promoting nationalism and national development among his community.

38.   Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany, Italy, France and Canada will discuss global economic issues.

39.   France announced Wednesday it would host a meeting Saturday of defense ministers and military chiefs from NATO and European Union nations.

40.   Gill is former police chief from northern Punjab state, where he was credited with success in squashing a separatist movement by Sikhs in the eighties.