31.   Yeltsin said his government was ready at any time to discuss any issues with the rebels, with the exception of full independence which he ruled out completely.

32.   A European Commission spokesman said Inonu had told Van den Broek that he hoped the documents on constitutional reform would be ready at the end of this month.

33.   A charter airplane meanwhile was ready at the Port-au-Prince airport to take military strongman Lieutenant General Raoul Cedras into exile.

34.   According to Malan, the South African was not ready at that stage to race but had agreed under pressure from the organisers to put in an appearance.

35.   Kaufmann said stock exchange rules may be ready at the end of March.