1.  Former managing director Derek Dooley is being invited to return as temporary chairman until new owners take control.

2.  Warren Buffett, an Omaha billionaire with a formidable Wall Street reputation, took over as temporary chairman and chief executive.

3.  Ariel Sharon, the outgoing foreign minister, serves as temporary chairman.

4.  As temporary chairman, Bush will likely preside over at least the first day of activities at the convention before delegates officially choose the permanent chairman.

5.  At the Republican convention, Mississippi Rep. John Roy Lynch became the first African American delegate to serve as temporary chairman.

6.  A meeting Sunday between Barak and Ariel Sharon, the outgoing foreign minister and temporary chairman of the Likud Party, ended without any agreement.

7.  Nigel Mobbs was named temporary chairman.

8.  Ariel Sharon, the hawkish outgoing foreign minister, was voted temporary party chairman until primaries later this year.

9.  On Sunday, leading party members had proposed naming Peres the temporary chairman of the party.

10.  Sharon was voted temporary chairman of the party until primaries are held some time later this year.