1.   Top Khmer Rouge defectors like Yim Phanna are eager to distinguish themselves from Ta Mok and his remaining holdouts.

2.   A top North Korean defector accused the South Korean government Tuesday of limiting his outspoken criticism of his communist former homeland.

3.   A top ranking Iraqi defector said Sunday his defection had foiled plans by Saddam Hussein to invade Kuwait and Saudi Arabia this month.

4.   In August, Hussein granted top Iraqi defectors asylum in Jordan.

5.   The United States augmented forces in the Gulf following claims by a top Iraqi defector last month that Baghdad had planned to attack Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

6.   A Filipino congressman on Sunday warned the Philippine government against prolonging the stay of top North Korean defector Hwang Jang-Yop in the country.

7.   The Philippine government has set three conditions for the transit here of a top North Korean defector from Beijing to Seoul, a newspaper report said Monday.

8.   Two military helicopters carrying top North Korean defector Hwang Jang-yop and South Korean escorts landed in this northern mountain resort on Tuesday afternoon, military sources said.

9.   Two leaders of the Iraqi opposition accused President Saddam Hussein on Sunday of ordering the murder of two top defectors after promising them a pardon.

10.   North Korean agents tried to enter the South Korean consulate in Beijing where a top defector from the Stalinist state has taken refuge, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.