11.  Berlusconi has summoned his two coalition partners to a meeting next Tuesday to test their support in the government, an aide said.

12.  Bossi will now hope for the chance to test his support among the grassroots following of the League at an election meeting on Saturday at Alzano Lombardo near Milan.

13.  The president then called a cabinet meeting to test support for Kanyenyiko in the government.

14.  Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has summoned his two coalition partners to a meeting next Tuesday to test their support in the government, Culture Minister Domenico Fisichella said Thursday.

15.  President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya on Monday called a cabinet meeting to test his support in the government, warning that any minister who failed to show up would be dismissed.

16.  The dollar tumbled against the yen and the mark in Tokyo Friday as investors sought to test downside support for the currency following its overnight setback in New York.