31.   Nine clerics and a doctor who were reported kidnapped in eastern Zaire are free and in good condition, the Belgian foreign ministry announced Tuesday.

32.   Notes concerning the agreement were exchanged in Tokyo, the ministry announced.

33.   On Wednesday, the interior ministry announced plans to beef up firefighting equipment and public awareness.

34.   On Friday, the ministry announced the beheading of four men convicted for drug smuggling.

35.   Shimada said the ministry will announce the final results in early July, when taxes paid in May are tabulated.

36.   Takemura did not say when the ministry will announce the new package.

37.   The defense ministry has previously announced Sweden will send a battalion to the peacekeeping force.

38.   The health ministry immediately announced that it would try to put state distribution of heroin to hardened addicts on a permanent legal footing.

39.   The foreign ministry also announced late Friday that humanitarian aid for Kosovo Albanian refugees would be sent to Macedonia and Albania.

40.   The justice ministry announced that Ocalan will be tried on the island.