31.   Claverie had on Thursday afternoon attended a brief ceremony along with French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette in memory of seven French monks slain in May.

32.   De Charette prayed Thursday at the tomb of the seven French monks, a ministry spokesman said in Paris.

33.   The State Department denounced as an atrocity Thursday the killing of seven French monks in Algeria after authorities announced their bodies had been discovered.

34.   The same station broadcast a communique by the GIA in May, signed by Zitouni, announcing the death of seven French monks in Algeria.

35.   The same station broadcast a communique by the GIA in May, signed by Zitouni, announcing the death of seven French monks.

36.   One such organization, the Armed Islamic Group, claimed responsibility for dozens of murders including seven French monks last June, the report said.

37.   Pope John Paul II on Sunday appealed for the immediate release of seven French monks kidnapped in Algeria.

38.   Political, religious and labour leaders were to participate Tuesday in a rally in Paris in memory of the seven French monks.

39.   Seven French monks kidnapped in Algeria nearly two months ago by an Islamic fundamentalist group have been killed, the organisation which claimed responsibility for the outrage said Thursday.

40.   Seven French monks killed by Moslem extremists were buried Tuesday in the monastery near here from which they were kidnapped more than two months ago, sources said.