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 PUTS LOANS ON NONACCRUAL
    ATLANTA, April 9 - SunTrust Banks Inc said in the first
quarter it placed about 20.2 mln dlrs of loans to Brazil and
21.6 mln dlrs of loans to Ecuador on nonaccrual status.
    The company made the disclosure in reporting that first
quarter earnings rose to 70.2 mln dlrs from 64.0 mln dlrs a
year earlier.