41.  Other senior officials also attended the summit.

42.  Senior officials could carry on with the day-to-day business of the state without concerning themselves with any kind of specialist ministerial control.

43.  Two senior officials have been suspended on full pay pending a second internal inquiry.

44.  According to a senior official of the Zambian Department of Tourism, an ivory auction is to be held in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana.

45.  Senior officials will meet again in October in an attempt to break the deadlock.

46.  It is understood the talks have stemmed from a meeting between community leaders and senior NIO officials shortly before Christmas.

47.  LOYALIST politicians are involved in secret talks with senior Northern Ireland Office officials in a bid to halt the recent upsurge in violence, it was claimed today.

48.  A SENIOR council official says his councillors should protest to Welsh Secretary John Redwood about the many disabled people being refused Council Tax relief.

49.  He remained calm despite severe provocation and only left when ordered to do so by a senior UN official.