41.   Katangese soldiers invade Kolwesi, a major mining centre.

42.   Lebanon is a major centre of drugs production, especially heroin, Israeli police charged Sunday in their annual drugs squad report.

43.   Major commercial centres and markets remained closed but many private offices were open for business.

44.   North Sumatra is also a major centre for industry.

45.   On Monday morning, Clinton visited Goree island off Dakar which in past centuries was a major processing centre for black slaves being shipped to the Americas.

46.   New York is a major centre for international gem trading but Vietnam was banned from selling its stones there until the lifting of the US trade embargo in February.

47.   On Friday, relief organisation staff had to pull out of Akon, a major centre for aid distribution in the south, because of fighting.

48.   On the other hand, a French call for harmonization of prudential rules applied in major financial centres may receive increased support.

49.   Rabin last week announced that army training would no longer take place at three major centres on the West Bank as a precursor to the redeployment.

50.   Public and private transport continued without incident, but witnesses said major trading centres joined the protest by keeping shutters closed.