1.   The National Urban League sees opportunity for economic advancement in franchising, and devoted its national economic development summit last spring to franchise opportunities for minorities.

2.   Bush, who is in Monterrey, Mexico, for a U.N. development summit, has vowed to go ahead with his trip to Peru on Saturday.

3.   Leftist lawmakers on Tuesday accused the Mexican leader of pressuring Cuban President Fidel Castro to leave a U.N. development summit last month and then lying about it.

4.   Mr. Greenspan made his comments recently to an economic development summit in Oakland, California.

5.   The gathering aimed to formulate a unified position between North America and Europe ahead of a sustainable development summit to be held next year in South Africa.

6.   Camdessus was to hold talks with Kuchma on Friday night before the president left for the UN development summit in Copenhagen.

7.   The troika was due to head later for Amman to take part in a Middle East and North Africa economic development summit, which opens on Sunday.

8.   Li reportedly made the remarks at a meeting with Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai in Copenhagen, where the two are attending a United Nations development summit.

9.   On Friday, he will travel on to Copenhagen to participate in the UN development summit.

10.   On Sunday, Suharto had met in Zagreb with Croatian President Franjo Tudjman after the latter returned from the UN social development summit in Copenhagen.