31.   Bahrain announced Thursday the creation of a national security body to replace the intelligence services and appointed a new security chief with the rank of minister.

32.   Dufourcq was accompanied on his visit by General Raymond Germanos, operations chief with the general staff.

33.   The sacking has also enraged Asian and South Korean soccer chiefs with Asian Football Association general secretary Peter Velappan calling Thursday for a boycott of Perugia.

34.   No details were given by the defence ministry on the planned setting up of the court, which followed a meeting of the new army chief with Biswas.

35.   Shahal attended a meeting of security chiefs with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on Monday when tighter security measures were decided on public transport.

36.   Sultan Abul Aynan, Fatah spokesman for the Tyre region in south Lebanon, was appointed Fatah chief with the title of secretary-general for the whole of Lebanon.