61.   Investors bought dollars and sold yen on news that a Cabinet minister resigned Tuesday amid an influence peddling scandal.

62.   Investors bought dollars and sold yen on news that a Cabinet minister resigned Tuesday amid an influence-peddling scandal.

63.   It said the president and his ministers had resigned, all political prisoners had been freed, and resistance to the coup had ended.

64.   Israeli newspapers quoted Levy aides as saying the minister may resign because he feels shut out of Mideast peace talks.

65.   Last year, three government ministers resigned under pressure to clear the way for an investigation into alleged links with drug dealers.

66.   Last week, three Cabinet ministers resigned after being accused of accepting money from a business family in return for favors for their companies.

67.   Last month a government minister resigned after a similar tape revealed he was in contact with the same mobster.

68.   Minister Hassan Asfour said the ministers would resign if Arafat thought that would spur reforms.

69.   Nearly all Georgian ministers resigned in a shakeup late last month.

70.   No further information was immediately available on when government ministers might resign.