41.   Palestinian officials met Hamas leaders to urge restraint, and Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, ordered an inquiry into the killing.

42.   Papandreou also met opposition leaders.

43.   President Bill Clinton is scheduled to meet Republican leaders later today.

44.   Rubin met Japanese leaders Friday during a brief stop on his way to the Philippines for a weekend meeting of finance ministers from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

45.   Since coming to power in early October, Kostunica has not been shy about meeting foreign leaders.

46.   Ten days ago British Prime Minister Tony Blair met business leaders to talk over the practicalities.

47.   That would put the responsibility of meeting foreign leaders on another person, and Kim has never seemed interested in such diplomacy.

48.   The ambassadors have met African leaders in Johannesburg, Luanda and Kinshasa, where an ad-hoc regional summit was called by President Kabila.

49.   The attack led Secretary of State Colin Powell to delay meeting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat until Sunday.

50.   The Chinese are fond of meeting corporate leaders, but they are especially fond of Rubin.