1.   Hong Kong financial secretary Antony Leung will make his first official visit to the United States early next month, a government spokesman announced Friday.

2.   Iran has ordered its intelligence services to look into allegations that secret discussions have taken place between US and Iranian officials, a government spokesman announced Wednesday.

3.   NATO Secretary General Manfred Woerner, who has been undergoing treatment for intestinal cancer for some time, died here Saturday, a NATO spokesman announced.

4.   The European Court of Justice condemned Britain on Wednesday for failure to respect European Union rules on collective redundancies, a court spokesman announced.

5.   The German Bundesbank, as expected, held its discount and Lombard rates unchanged after a meeting of its policy-making central council on Thursday, a spokesman announced.