1.   Also, Yeltsin re-appointed the foreign, defense, interior and emergency situations ministers.

2.   But Shoigu, the emergency situations minister, said there were few leads.

3.   Meanwhile, nine large Russian ships converged on the crash site Friday to collect bodies and debris, said Alexander Moskalyets, the deputy emergency situations minister.

4.   Nine large Russian ships were at the crash site to collect bodies and debris, said Alexander Moskalets, the deputy emergency situations minister.

5.   Seeking to defuse the dispute, which threatened to thwart the peace process, the parliament decided Wednesday that Ziyeyev could be offered the job of emergency situations minister.

6.   The construction was funded by the German government, said Abdurakhim Radzhabov, the first deputy emergency situations minister.

7.   The new Cabinet is expected to be almost identical to the old one, and Yeltsin on Tuesday re-appointed the foreign, defense, interior and emergency situations ministers.