1.   Egypt has long accused the Sudanese government of granting asylum and training facilities to Muslim militants seeking to topple Mubarak and install a strict Islamic state in Egypt.

2.   Granting asylum to refugees may be the only way to protect them.

3.   Bougainville Transitional Government Premier Theodore Miriung said if granting asylum to Miriori would lessen suffering on Bougainville, then he welcomed it.

4.   Britain wants to be fairer and faster in granting asylum to refugees and is reviewing immigration policy, the new Labor government said Thursday.

5.   In the Chilean capital, the foreign ministry was studying the possibility of granting asylum to the nine, officials said.