51.   In a separate development, Chechen parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved controversial ex-guerrilla leader Shamil Basayev as head of a new government, Interfax said.

52.   In a separate development, customs officers Tuesday seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition in Sultaniyeh, a south Lebanon village.

53.   In a separate development, four members of the pro-Israeli militia, the South Lebanon Army, defected to the Lebanese government Sunday, security officials said.

54.   In a separate development, Georg F. Krayer, head of the Swiss Bankers Association, proposed an international conference on dormant accounts.

55.   In a separate development, Italian news agencies reported Thursday that among those being investigated was Corrado Passera, a former Olivetti chief executive.

56.   In a separate development, Malaysia Foreign Minister Abdullah Badawi left Wednesday for Lima.

57.   In a separate development, Russia reiterated its calls Thursday for lifting the U.N. sanctions against Iraq and replacing a U.N. weapons inspection team with another monitoring group.

58.   In a separate development, the company managed to get back a number of title deeds to its real estate properties after protracted negotiations with ANZ Grindlays Bank.

59.   In a separate development, the Mexican central bank forecast that the peso would ultimately strengthen after short-term volatility.

60.   In a separate development the Hungarian government on Monday joined the Europen Union-imposed oil embargo against Yugoslavia.