51.   Vietnam staged a parade of cyclo pedicabs decorated with condoms and a concert in Hanoi, while Bangladesh issued a commemorative stamp and held street rallies and public discussions.

52.   Also on Monday, South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma will launch a commemorative stamp in support of the AU inauguration.

53.   Commemorative stamps are to be issued in Belgium and Ireland next week.

54.   Japan and Japanese-Americans were upset over now-scrapped commemorative stamp with an atomic mushroom cloud over Hiroshima stating it hastened the end of World War II.

55.   Staff on the train were selling limited copies of red, cloth-backed commemorative stamp albums with six stamps bearing the image of Deng Xiaoping.

56.   Sobhan also said Dhaka would issue commemorative stamps and hold sporting and other events to raise funds for the Bosnian Moslems.

57.   The French Embassy in Ottawa said it had received several phone calls, but not very many from Canadian citizens complaining about the planned commemorative stamp.