61.   Before Kohl, German recipients of its gold medal have been the late former chancellor Willy Brandt and the former president Richard von Weizsaecker.

62.   Britain -- which had put forward as a candidate former chancellor of the exchequer Lord Lawson -- abstained, along with Finland and Norway.

63.   Earlier Wednesday, Albanian Foreign Minister Tritan Shehu said the planned mission, to have been headed by former Austrian chancellor Franz Vranitzky, should be put off.

64.   Earlier, the former Austrian chancellor defended the security mission which some believe has too narrow a mandate, limiting itself simply to the protection of humanitarian aid.

65.   Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl is to meet Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a visit to Israel on Saturday, his office said in a statement.

66.   The mission is to include a dozen representatives of countries ranging from the United States to Switzerland, be led by former Austrian chancellor Franz Vranitzky.

67.   The mission, which will probably be led by former Austrian chancellor Franz Vranitzky, will coordinate all international efforts in the fields of civil and humanitarian assistance.

68.   The team is to be led by former Austrian chancellor Franz Vranitzky.

69.   The seven-member parliamentary delegation had been sent to Toronto to question Schreiber about alleged donations he had made to the CDU under former chancellor Helmut Kohl.

70.   Vranitzky, a former Austrian chancellor, also met with a delegation from the insurgent-held southern port of Vlore, where the uprising began two weeks ago.