51.   Chinese President Jiang Zemin hopes to make a major breakthrough on relations with Taiwan during his term as president, the paper said, quoting unidentified Chinese officials.

52.   Chernomyrdin is expected to attend a special U.N. General Assembly session on ecology and meet with U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Interfax reported, citing unidentified diplomatic officials.

53.   CNBC reported that the unidentified Marine official said Ashby and Schweitzer would face courts-martial, while Seagraves and Raney would not.

54.   Discussions are under way between the Taliban and an unidentified ICRC official.

55.   Egypt, citing unidentified Ethiopian officials, says the house was rented to a Sudanese occupant, but that has not been confirmed.

56.   French news reports, citing unidentified officials, said Tuesday that the date for the first test could be advanced to as early as the end of this month.

57.   However, the refugees must first return to Vietnam and apply in writing for political asylum, the Times says, citing unidentified officials.

58.   However, the unidentified official also said that Russia was ready to consider NATO proposals to exchange liaison officers.

59.   If discovered by China, the representatives could be expelled and relations with Hong Kong and China seriously harmed, the paper quoted unidentified MAC officials saying.

60.   Interfax quoted unidentified Russian officials as saying that Moscow also wants to control the amount of fish caught by Japanese boats.