6.1m US children living in poverty.

Some 6.1 million American children under 6 wire living Tn poverty in 1994. and many were eligible for health care under the federal Medicaid programme but didn't enroll, say two new studies of child poverty. AP reports from Washington

An additional 4.8 million young children lived near the poverty line, said Columbia University's National Centre for Children in Poverty. The US Census Bureau reported in September that the childhood poverty rate had declined slightly — less than a percentage point — in 1995 from the year before Tuesday's reports used older data .

Kornblum to visit Bosnia: US Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs John Kornblum will travel to Bosnia Friday, the State Department said Tuesday. AFP reports from Washington.

Kornblum will travel to Mostar, then to Sarajevo, where he will meet with the Bosnian presidency to review the status of building the joint institutions of the Bosnian government." spokesman Glyn Davies said. The city of Mostar, in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina, is divided into two sectors: a western one held by Croats and an eastern one controlled by Muslims.

19 Azeri cops held: The former commander of a special police force and 18 former members of the force were arrested on charges of taking part in an attempted coup last year, the Azerbaijani Government said Tuesday. AP reports from Baku.

Elchin Amlraslanov. the former commander, had been in hiding since the attempt to overthrow President Geidar Aliev in March 1995, the Interior Ministry's announcement said. About 300 rebellious police battled government troops for several days in the capital of the former Soviet republic. About 100 people died in the fighting. Aliev. Azerbaijan's former Communist Party boss who returned to power in 1993. claimed to have foiled two other coup attempts against him In 1995

Clinton's economic adviser to resign: Joseph Stiglitz, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, has told president Clinton he will resign to take a job at the World Bank, The Associated Press has learned, AP reports from Washington.

Two administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tuesday that Stiglitz informed Clinton of his plans during a private meeting Monday. The news was expected: White House aides had already begun their search for a replacement. Stiglitz Is expected to be chief economist at the World Bank.

He had replaced Laura Tyson, who left Clinton's three-member council in 1995 to head the National Economic Council. Potential Stiglitz replacements include Alicia Munnell. a member of the CEA. and former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Alan Blinder.

US-DPRK hold constructive talks: United States and North Korean officials have held a round of "frank and constructive'' talks on proposed peace negotiations for the Korean peninsula and other matters, the State Department said Tuesday. AP reports from Washington.

The discussions Monday In New York also covered nuclear issues and the North Korean apparent attempt to Infiltrate agents into South Korea via a submarine, spokesman Glyn Davies said.