51.   Investors turned moderate buyers in the futures market, covering positions following earlier falls, brokers said.

52.   Katharine Graham, chairman of the executive committee of The Washington Post Company, was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday after surgery that followed a fall.

53.   Japanese stocks fell moderately in early trading Tuesday following a fall on Wall Street.

54.   Making up for too much selling of the dollar following its fall overnight against the German mark also supported the dollar.

55.   Meanwhile, share prices started slightly lower following a fall in futures prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange overnight.

56.   Mr Haldane, who was suffering from cancer, died in the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, last night after developing complications following a fall shortly before Christmas.

57.   Most Asian stock markets followed overnight falls in Europe, Latin America and the United States to open sharply lower Friday.

58.   Orthodox officials say that long-standing theological divisions have been worsened by Roman Catholic missionary activity following the fall of communism in predominantly Orthodox Russia.

59.   Prices were boosted by bargain hunting in the telecom and banking sectors following sharp falls in the past few sessions, brokers said.

60.   SENTIMENTS on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange turned bearish yesterday following falls in other major world markets which helped drag the local bourse broadly lower yesterday.