1.   Also confirmed are the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Barak, and the head of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat.

2.   If confirmed by the US Senate, Powell will be the highest-ranking black Cabinet member in US history.

3.   Previously confirmed were Malek, General Challenge, Barter Town, River Keen, Lazy Lode, Smile Again and Jack Grandi.

4.   United and US Airways issued a terse joint statement Monday confirming they are in talks to scrap their merger.

5.   Also confirmed Thursday were Army Secretary Thomas White and Air Force Secretary James Roche.

6.   Communications Minister Richard Alston said the government will proceed with the sale as soon as possible, confirming October is the favored month.

7.   If confirmed to be inhalation anthrax, she would be the first person to contract that form of the disease inside the Congress building complex.

8.   If confirmed, the Kacanik graves would be the first evidence of atrocities discovered since the international peacekeeping force began deploying in Kosovo on Saturday.

9.   If confirmed, the death toll would be the second-highest reported in a single clash in the province since an informal cease-fire was agreed to in October.

10.   The reports could not be immediatlely confirmed independently, and no group took responsiblity.