1.   But a new Kremlin strongman could revive old relationships with the likes of Libya, Iraq and Syria, undoubtedly involving military technology transfers.

2.   Fifteen months later, new strongman Laurent Kabila has changed the name of Zaire to Congo, but has failed to respect his side of the bargain with Rwanda.

3.   Forget the fact that a new military strongman has just replaced the old dictator.

4.   Jaap Stam is the new defensive strongman and they have a capable goalkeeper in Edwin van der Sar.

5.   French military intervention against the coup leaders on the Comoros Islands would lead to civil war, the new strongman here Captain Ayouba Combo warned Monday.

6.   In Moscow meanwhile, President Boris Yeltsin appointed new Kremlin strongman Alexander Lebed as his representative in Chechnya, replacing Oleg Lobov.

7.   In Moscow President Boris Yeltsin appointed new Kremlin strongman Alexander Lebed as his representative in Chechnya.

8.   But the centre-left suspect him of trying to weaken parliament and create a basis for a new strongman in Italian politics.

9.   Colonel Ibrahim Barre Mainassara was on Sunday officially declared the new strongman of the west African country Niger.

10.   The new strongman appeared to be Omar Tamou, a former interior minister.