41.   Annuar, who chaired the meeting, said this would be discussed at the Kelantan Umno convention in Gua Musang later this month.

42.   Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, was speaking to reporters after chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Combating Social Ills, at the Finance Ministry.

43.   Arafat will also chair a meeting of the Fatah central committee.

44.   APTN has coverage of Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov chairing the meeting, which centred on organised crime and tax matters.

45.   Banbi chaired the meeting after Iraqi Oil Minister Amer Rashid, whose country holds the rotating chair, failed to show up.

46.   Belgium, which chaired the meeting, said the issue would most likely go to the summit of European Union leaders in Brussels next week.

47.   Belgian Justice Minister Marc Verwilghen, who also chaired the meeting, told The Associated Press that possible extraditions could not proceed until the death penalty issue was resolved.

48.   Blunkett, who will chair future meetings, said the discussion included such issues as truancy, drug abuse and persistent young offenders.

49.   Britain fell somewhere in between the two with a noncommittal response from Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, who chaired the meeting.

50.   Britain, which chaired the meeting, insisted the final wording must also include some commitment to fighting unemployment.