31.   France and the NATO chief on Thursday denied a newspaper report that the French foreign minister snubbed U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher by walking out of a toast.

32.   He tendered his resignation as defense chief on the same day but Ramos asked him to stay on.

33.   Instead of calming the fears, the appointment of Lt. Col. Jean-Marie Fourel Celestin as national police chief on Thursday reinforced them.

34.   Judge Juan Francisco Perez y Perez questioned the former Customs chief on Monday.

35.   Lake and Susan Rice, assistant U.S. secretary of state for African affairs, were briefing the U.N. chief on their recent trips to the region.

36.   Littleton is fire chief on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which has been launching warplanes toward Afghanistan since mid-October.

37.   President to meet with military chiefs on Thursday to discuss possible ground invasion.

38.   Russia briefs U.N. chief on its peace plan for Kosovo.

39.   Russian intelligence chiefs on Thursday defended the decision to sell nuclear reactors to Iran and denied Russia was unable to maintain effective control over its nuclear arsenals.

40.   Selangor Umno chief Datuk Abu Hassan Omar said he has yet to receive the report he had requested from Selayang Umno division chief on the allegation.