1.   According to French media, Dodi and Di had left southern France earlier Saturday following a Mediterranean cruise for their second lightning visit to the City of Light.

2.   Billionaire business tycoon Boris Berezovsky began his tour of head of the new Commonwealth of Independent States on Thursday, paying lightning visits to Moldova and Ukraine.

3.   Dodi and Di had left southern France earlier Saturday following a vacation in Sardinia for their second lightning visit to the City of Light.

4.   He made a lightning visit Monday to North Korea, whose soccer federation has voting rights in the election.

5.   Ilyev made a lightning visit to Lisbon Saturday, surprising even Benfica officials who whisked him quietly out of the airport.

6.   Kabila made a lightning visit on Thursday to the Central African Republic to brief President Ange Felix Patasse about the rebellion before returning to Kinshasa, state radio said.

7.   U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen arrived in Ukraine on Saturday for a lightning visit including brief meetings with President Leonid Kuchma and senior government officials.

8.   U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen planned a lightning visit to Ukraine on Saturday for a brief meeting with President Leonid Kuchma and senior government officials.

9.   French Defence Minister Francois Leotard paid a lightning visit to the Emirates on Wednesday and signed a defence pact, the details of which were not disclosed.

10.   In a deft move to build on the progress achieved in the negotiations, Yeltsin on Tuesday paid a lightning visit to Chechnya while Yandarbiyev was still in Moscow.