NEWS DIGEST FOR OCTOBER - ASIA-PACIFIC - Indonesia: Ball bombing - Also including government changes in Thailand . Japan: LDP rifts over banking reform . South Korea: Approval of Prime Minister . revelation of North Korean nuclear weapons programme . Senate elections in Kazakhstan . Uzbekistan: Government changes . Afghanistan: Factional fighting . legislative elections in Pakistan . India: Elections in Kashmir . Nepal: Dismissal of Prime Minister . government changes in Maldives and Solomon Islands

In: Keesing's record of world events: record of national and internat. current affairs with continually updated indexes ; Keesing's factual reports are based on information obtained from press, broadcasting, official and other sources, Band 48, Heft 10, S. 45034-45046