31.   The air force was clearing the runway, and military chiefs were meeting inside the terminal.

32.   The IMF chief met with Primakov after his arrival Tuesday night.

33.   The military chiefs met for three days in Kayes, a Malian city close to the borders with Senegal and Mauritania.

34.   The NATO military chiefs met with counterparts from across Eastern Europe and agreed the force will not include East Europeans.

35.   The security chiefs met Thursday after an especially violent week of Palestinian attacks and Israeli reprisals.

36.   The security chiefs met in Tel Aviv at the request of the United States, but no progress was reported toward stopping the violence.

37.   The security chiefs met late Thursday to discuss fundamental differences over the cease-fire negotiated last week by CIA director George Tenet aimed at ending nearly nine months of violence.

38.   The U.N. chief meets Thursday with President Pierre Buyoya.

39.   The United States asked South Korea for military support when the defense chiefs of the two countries met in Washington for annual security consultations last month.

40.   The United States pressed Japan on trade disputes such as cars and access to insurance markets when their trade chiefs met for more than two hours Thursday.