31.   Diplomats at the French embassy could not be immediately reached.

32.   Dozens of dolphin replicas were entangled in the nets during the five-hour protest which ended peacefully despite the presence of riot police at the French embassy.

33.   Earlier Friday, eight East Timorese youths jumped the walls of the French embassy in Indonesia and sought asylum in Portugal.

34.   Environmental groups have been conducting almost daily pickets at the French embassy in suburban Makati City.

35.   Five people from the disputed territory of East Timor sought refuge in the French embassy on Thursday.

36.   Foreign Minister Jose Miguel Insulza said Chilean President Eduardo Frei decided that a lower raking government official will attend the reception at the French embassy in Santiago.

37.   French embassy officials were not available for comment.

38.   French embassy officials in Lisbon were not immediately available for comment.

39.   French Foreign Ministry spokesman Jacques Rummelhardt said Thursday that Mobutu had requested the three-month visa from the French embassy in Kinshasa.

40.   He received the honor Thursday from envoy Bernard Kessejian in a ceremony held at the French embassy.