1.   T.F. Stimson, a burly, gruff retired Army general from Laramie, Wyo., stood at one end with members of his tour group.

2.   Annan, who comes from Ghana, is the first UN secretary general from sub-Saharan Africa.

3.   Iordanescu is the only Romanian officer to have made general solely from training the national team.

4.   Leftist rebels freed a police general from among their dozens of hostages early Sunday for medical reasons.

5.   Selection of a new secretary general from among three candidates could be the thorniest issue.

6.   Rodriguez took over as OPEC secretary general from Lukman on Monday.

7.   Selection of a new secretary general from three candidates could be the thorniest issue.

8.   The Foreign Ministry statement said talks were being held between Mustafa Osman Ismail, a state minister for foreign affairs, and an ICRC deputy director general from Geneva.

9.   The United States say African candidates should get special consideration because past secretaries general from other continents have served for two terms.

10.   Boutros-Ghali -- the first UN secretary general from the African continent -- tried to paint himself as a humble servant of the Security Council.