41.   The VVA has been collecting information from its members about battles and where they buried enemy dead, and has asked the Vietnamese to do the same.

42.   Venezuelan authorities are collecting information on the bank accounts, telephone numbers, license plates, passports, and movements of the suspected ETA members.

43.   Finance ministry has permited nine insurance firms to open offices in the mainland for collecting information but not for business operation.

44.   A Russian court sentenced him on Christmas Day to four years imprisonment for espionage and high treason after being found guilty of collecting information about secret Pacific Fleet exercises.

45.   According to the Taiwanese law, anyone found collecting military information faces a jail term of up to five years.

46.   The Japanese government is collecting information on the reported death of North Korean President Kim Il-Sung, officials here said Saturday.