31.  Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai reiterated the Thai position at a meeting with the commander of the US Seventh Fleet, Adm Joseph W Prueher, Thai military officials said.

32.  A British Embassy official testified that Thai officials had been tipped off that Lock was a trafficker, and searched Gregory only because she checked in with him.

33.  A British man wanted in connection with a murder last year in southwestern England was extradited from Thailand Tuesday, Thai officials said.

34.  A former Thai banking official wanted on a charge of embezzlement was properly arrested in British Columbia earlier this year, a Canadian judge ruled Wednesday.

35.  A senior Thai official warned Thursday that a further fall in the Japanese yen would spark another round of Asian financil turmoil and a worldwide depression.

36.  A Swedish journalist and peace activist, Henrik Westander, has charged that Swedish arms manufacturer Kockums paid bribes to Thai officials to win the submarine contract.

37.  A Thai official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the four separatists were secretly turned over to Thai authorities by neighboring Malaysia to avoid legal complications.

38.  A top Thai official wants to make four border provinces special economic zones where illegal Burmese immigrants can work legally.

39.  A Thai official in Hong Kong, however, said he would ask authorities to step up hygiene inspections at tourism locations.

40.  According to Thai officials, preparations for the second Asia-Europe Meeting have proceeded well.