31.   The rebels Thursday expressed their readiness to receive a delegation from Colombo.

32.   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said he prepared to receive a delegation from Iraq.

33.   Blix is executive chairman of the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission.

34.   Yeltsin on Wednesday also received a delegation of ethnic Germans who live in Russia.

35.   He spoke after receiving a delegation of students in the north Bosnian town of Banja Luka, the only university centre in Serb-held Bosnia.

36.   High Commissioner Paul Ronciere received a delegation from the Flotilla for Peace, an umbrella group of anti-nuclear organizations.

37.   Ikimi expressed satisfaction that the committee had agreed to receive a delegation from Nigeria to discuss issues raised at its London meeting.

38.   Israeli President Ezer Weizman on Monday said he regretted his outspoken comments on homosexuality, as he received a delegation of gays and lesbians and leftwing deputies in Jerusalem.

39.   Arafat received a delegation of Israeli Arab and Jewish academics Saturday in Gaza City.

40.   But Arafat received a delegation of Israeli Arab and Jewish academics Saturday in Gaza City.