1.   The committee is meeting to prepare a considered response to the problem.

2.   Last month area institutions that care for the uninsured met to prepare for new surge of patients.

3.   Andang told The Associated Press that he and the other rebel leaders will meet to prepare a formal response.

4.   Arab leaders, split over the Saudi proposal, were meeting to prepare to discuss it their upcoming summit.

5.   Burns, the State Department spokesman, said Christopher and Primakov are meeting to prepare for an April summit on nuclear proliferation between President Clinton and Yeltsin.

6.   But it will have to meet to prepare post-handover laws.

7.   No threats accompanied his appeal for their resignations, which he said should occur before Parliament meets to prepare for June elections.

8.   No threats accompanied his calls for their resignations, which he said should occur before Parliament meets to prepare for June elections.

9.   On Wednesday in Whistler, British Columbia, two-day meeting begins for foreign ministers from Group of Eight nations meet to prepare for June summit.

10.   Separately, foreign ministers of the Rio Group nations were meeting to prepare for a June summit of Latin American and European Union leaders in Brazil.