1.   Tobin has been touted as a possible future prime minister of Canada.

2.   ...the eighth prime minister of India.

3.   The Ukrainian deputy prime minister, Yuli Yoffe, was due in Moscow yesterday for talks with the Russian fuel and energy minister, Yuri Shafranik.

4.   Deep-seated concern among Tory back-benchers was reflected in a powerful denunciation of the VAT decision by the former prime minister Sir Edward Heath.

5.   And the Meridien President in Bangkok is owned by a former deputy prime minister and prominent businessman, Chalermphan Srivikorn.

6.   Boris Nemtsov, the former deputy prime minister and self-proclaimed economic reformer who helped organize Friday s session, insisted that the meeting marked a new period.

7.   Boris Nemtsov, the dashing new deputy prime minister, is also mentioned as a likely prospect.

8.   Boris Y. Nemtsov, a reformist deputy prime minister who is close to Kiriyenko, appears likely to be asked to return to the Cabinet.

9.   A caretaker prime minister is to be named on Tuesday.

10.   A former Khmer Rouge commander and a former communist prime minister under the Vietnamese, Hun Sen is a student of strongman government.