81.   In Zagreb, the defence ministry denied Croatian responsibility and said the attack on the journalists had come from separatist Serbs.

82.   In Vienna, the Austrian defence ministry said the hostage takers were ready to exchange their prisoners for food and fuel.

83.   Interfax news agency said Lebed gave the assurance in a letter to the defence ministry, quoted by a senior ministry official.

84.   It asked the defence ministry to ban the carrying of arms by private citizens, district committees and militias hired to protect the various candidates.

85.   It had previously been part of the defence ministry, had then become a construction company and had recently become part of the irrigation ministry.

86.   Iordanescu, coach for army side Steaua Bucarest, was made general, the defence ministry said.

87.   It was led by Gen Alain Faupin, deputy director for strategic affairs at the French defence ministry.

88.   Israeli planes also flew over the capital and its suburbs, including Baabda and Yarze where the presidential palace and the defence ministry are sited, on Monday.

89.   Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Pere met in emergency session late Monday with his cabinet at the defence ministry in Tel Aviv.

90.   A Dutch UN military observer arrested in connection with the incident has also been released, the Dutch defence ministry announced in The Hague.