1.  Putin spent his career in the foreign department.

2.  Philippine foreign department officials have said the meeting with China would include discussions of possible joint use of the Chinese shelters on Mischief Reef.

3.  Bosnian Serbs released three aid workers Sunday after detaining them for more than one month, the Swiss foreign department said.

4.  The book was stolen from the foreign department, where only the staff had access, Zaitsev said.

5.  The foreign department announcement said that each of two organizations would receive half a million francs.

6.  The Philippine navy issued distress calls to urge ships in the area to join the search for the other missing Chinese, the foreign department said in a statement.

7.  The third, German citizen Ludwig Kraus, also was allowed to leave Sarajevo, the foreign department said.

8.  Two had died and several others had been injured in the clash, the foreign department said.

9.  Two Swedish passengers believed on board were employees of the foreign department, Swedish radio reported.

10.  He expected the displaced UAE workers to be immediately on the job hunt in other countries, an observation echoed by foreign department spokesman Alejandro Vincente.