31.   The OSCE mission chief in Grozny has been hospitalised and is unlikely to return to his post, the Russian foreign ministry said Tuesday.

32.   The UN mission chief in Angola, Alouine Blondin Beye, said Wednesday that the rebels had asked for more time.

33.   Raphel also chaired the periodic meeting of five US mission chiefs based in South Asia during the trip.

34.   Raphel is in Dhaka to chair the periodic meeting of five US mission chiefs based in South Asia.

35.   She will meet French mission chiefs, UN and relief agency staff and government officials in the region to assess the French operation.

36.   The identity of the mission chief was not given in the communique issued by the OSCE foreign ministers meeting here.

37.   The OSCE has been at loggerheads with Belarus after Minsk withdrew the visa of its mission chief and deputy chief.

38.   The mission chief said that each member of the Russian weightlifting team had to undergo a mandatory drug test before being cleared to compete in the Games.

39.   The mission chief of the agency running the Bosnian elections hinted strongly Tuesday that top Moslem candidate Alija Izetbegovic has been re-elected as Bosnian head of state.