41.   The Clinton administration is sending a senior official to Beijing for talks about missile tests near Taiwan and the detention of a Chinese-American on spy charges.

42.   The foreign ministers of Russia and South Korea met in Manila but failed to resolve a diplomatic row touched off by spy charges, officials said Monday.

43.   The man, a former student, was arrested in mid-July in Berlin and is being held on spy charges, Der Spiegel said, without citing sources.

44.   The release was the latest in a series of successes for Richardson, who last month won the freedom of an American jailed on spy charges in North Korea.

45.   The pastor, who immigrated to the United States from South Korea, faced spy charges but details were unavailable, the paper said.

46.   The release was the latest success for the New Mexico Democrat, who last month won the freedom of an American jailed on spy charges in North Korea.

47.   The State Department has not commented on the spy charges, consistent with long-standing policy on such cases.

48.   The retired Army Reserve colonel is the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to be arrested on spy charges.

49.   The spy charges came after North Korea was accused of sending spies to South Korea aboard a submarine.

50.   The State Department ordered the expulsion Saturday of a Cuban diplomat linked to the Cuban-born U.S. immigration official arrested in Miami on spy charges.