61.   This was the third East Timorese group to use the French embassy for an asylum bid since last September.

62.   Yoo is to head for Singapore Thursday for talks with his Chinese counterpart Qian Qichen to discuss the asylum bid by Hwang.

63.   The government also said it had no information about the new asylum bid.

64.   The four jumped over the embassy wall before midday, the source said, adding the ICRC is currently processing the asylum bid.

65.   The four jumped over the embassy wall before midday, the source said, adding the ICRC was processing the asylum bid.

66.   The incident is the fourth asylum bid by East Timorese at foreign embassies in Jakarta, and the third in a year.

67.   The incident is the fourth asylum bid by East Timorese at foreign embassies in Jakarta.

68.   The move by the eight Timorese, whose identities remain unknown, was the fourth asylum bid at foreign embassies in Jakarta and the third in a year.