41.   Manama, Bahrain -- International investments conference organized by Taib Bank.

42.   On Friday, Bhutto is to attend an investment conference and call for more Japanese investment in Pakistan.

43.   President Nursultan Nazarbayev told an investment conference Thursday that the Central Asian nation was committed to a market economy and would welcome foreign businessmen.

44.   She was scheduled to speak at an investment conference and meet South Korean businessmen.

45.   She will address a trade and investment conference and visit a British-funded local government program near Harare, the Foreign Office said.

46.   Speaking at an investment conference in Hong Kong, Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai also pledged to continue a crackdown on corruption.

47.   The comments were made on the sidelines of a regional investment conference in Hong Kong organized by Credit Suisse First Boston.

48.   The investment conference brought representatives of most major Northern Ireland political parties to Washington.

49.   The prime minister also is scheduled to speak at an international investment conference in Singapore, the Foreign Ministry said.

50.   The trip will coincide with the Northern Ireland investment conference Tuesday and Wednesday in Belfast, capital of the British-ruled province.