61.   Russian state television reported that Chechen separatist fighters Wednesday seized two Chechen interior ministry buildings in the centre of Grozny.

62.   Russian soldiers took up positions two blocks from the interior ministry building where the Chechen gunmen were concentrating their defence.

63.   Several bodies lay in front of the foreign ministry building, near the Mamba Point Hotel, where several foreign journalists are staying.

64.   The bomb was hidden near the interior ministry building and destroyed by sappers, Interfax reported.

65.   The diplomats met in the Russian foreign ministry building to negotiate a range of strategic security issues, including the US missile defense plan, which both countries oppose.

66.   The fatal explosion in Saudi Arabia Tuesday night destroyed an eight-story Saudi defense ministry building housing Americans and other foreigners, witnesses said.

67.   The Georgian foreign ministry building was among those that suffered damage, and several schools and faculties were closed for the day.

68.   The explosion destroyed an eight-story Saudi defense ministry building housing Americans and other foreigners, witnesses said.

69.   The former East German foreign ministry building, which stands opposite the former parliament, is also due for demolition this year.