41.   Lebanese attorney general Adnan Addum met Japanese officials here Wednesday to discuss the confusion surrounding the reported arrests of Japanese Red Army suspects.

42.   Meanwhile another Zairean official, who refused to be named, said the country had no knowledge of reported arrests among Rwandan Hutu refugee leaders in the country.

43.   President Elias Hrawi called Thursday for judicial authorities to speed up their investigation into the reported arrest of Japanese Red Army suspects, the official news agency ANI reported.

44.   Scores of police, some on snowmobiles, patrolled outside, but there were no reported arrests.

45.   Such reported arrests are usually of people accused of having taken part in massacres during the Rwandan conflict.

46.   The group was Friday re-examining the situation in Zimbabwe in light of recent events including the reported arrest of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on treason charges.

47.   The Japanese Red Army has recognised five people allegedly held by Lebanese authorities as its comrades, the Kyodo news agency reported Tuesday amid confusion over the reported arrest.

48.   The group was Friday re-examining Zimbabwe in light of recent events including the reported arrest of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on treason charges.

49.   The Lebanese government has still not officially confirmed the reported arrests of five or six Japanese nationals.