31.   The Kurds abandoned both embassies peacefully after authorities agreed not to arrest them immediately, ORF television said.

32.   The passenger boat capsized after colliding with a ferry loaded with sands, television said.

33.   The plane crashed while trying to land, said Belgian television.

34.   The posters put up Monday said students could hold protest meetings but should then return to studying, state television said.

35.   The turmoil already affected the functioning of the Parliament with opposition deputies not attending scheduled meetings, private NTV television said.

36.   The youngest children were enticed with gifts and the older children were paid money for making pornographic videos and having sex, state television said.

37.   Three men seen near the site of a bombing outside the Interior Ministry in have come forward, telling police they were innocent passers-by, state television said Thursday.

38.   Under Czech law valid at the time the crime was committed, the statute of limitations for murder was five years, Czech television said.

39.   While all branches of the media are affected, the report said television, radio and news agencies were most tightly controlled.

40.   Former Bosnian Serb president Nikola Poplasen stepped down as head of his ultra-nationalist party in a bid to keep it in the general elections, state television said Tuesday.