1.   President Omar el-Bashir on Friday fired the governor of Khartoum Province following riots early this month in the capital that left two people dead.

2.   A group of Russian intellectuals called on President Boris Yeltsin on Wednesday to fire the governor of a southern region over his anti-Semitic remarks.

3.   Dos Santos on Monday also suspended all foreign exchange operations until a new government takes office and fired central bank governor Antonio Furtado.

4.   Dos Santos on Monday suspended all foreign exchange operations until a new government takes office and fired central bank governor Antonio Furtado.

5.   President Lt. Gen. Omar el-Bashir on Friday fired the governor of Khartoum province following riots early this month in the capital that left two people dead.

6.   The governor was fired and another was named.

7.   The last bank governor effectively was fired in December when his renomination was voted down by the National Assembly.

8.   The second law allows Putin to fire governors who are found to violate the law.

9.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin Monday granted himself the power to hire and fire regional governors in the Russian Federation, strengthening his central control over Russian local government.