51.   Vladimir Seks, deputy speaker and head of a parliamentary commission investigating the affair, said it was clear there had been illegal dealings.

52.   It said the securities trading watchdog would request a meeting with Adolfo Bagnasco, the judge investigating the affair.

53.   Lapasset had concluded by praising the Welsh Rugby Union, stressing their complaint was not inflamatory, simply asking the French to investigate the affair.

54.   No fraud case has been initiated in court, but the FIA is known to be investigating the affairs of the company.

55.   Police investigating the affair have reportedly interrogated magistrates and police in Charleroi.

56.   Police investigating the affair already have a heavYDwrkload after similar incidents in recent weeks in Strasbourg and the surrounding districts.

57.   South Korean police said they were investigating the affair but have allowed Fadiga to remain in the country.

58.   Tapie had been unable to pay and the demands had been passed on to other authorities investigating his affairs, they said.

59.   The Belgian parliament was expected to vote Friday to allow judges investigating the affair to quiz Claes and two other former ministers.

60.   The first lady also said she would cooperate with a Senate committee investigating the affair.