1.  The producers Emanuel Azenberg and Barry and Fran Weissler are always accorded VIP treatment.

2.  A shadowy Pakistani movement said it would kill a US journalist it kidnapped last week unless the prisoners in Cuba were accorded better treatment.

3.  But Indonesia would require that special treatment be accorded to developing countries to eliminate the tariffs on certain related products, he added.

4.  Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Wednesday a controversial policy which accords preferential treatment to ethnic Malays was still needed to bridge economic gaps among races.