81.   The State Department counternarcotics official said the department would make its own estimate of the poppy crop.

82.   Thompson said the department will make it clear that doctors can share medical information with specialists treating the same patients and pharmacists can fill prescriptions over the phone.

83.   U.N. officials say the Legal Affairs department would make the decision on whether the court orders were valid before any pay is deducted.

84.   Whitty said the department would make a statement before Easter on the next steps to be taken.

85.   Guingona said the foreign affairs department had made arrangements for the deportees and would provide telephone and travel expenses for their return to their homes in the Philippines.

86.   The US state department made similar remarks and asked Tigers to begin political talks.

87.   The health department made the appeal after the detection of a deadly strain of the bacterium in a sample of raw minced beef collected from a retail outlet.