101.   On the telecommunications industry, the advisory panel urged the government to lift a barrier separating domestic and international telephone companies.

102.   Ruggiero urged EU governments to focus instead on the gains to be realised from the successful completion of global accords liberalising telcommunications and financial services.

103.   South Korean farmers, dissidents and opposition parties have urged the government to resist outside trade pressure and reject the GATT accord.

104.   State and private sectors in Vietnam have urged the government for more help to improve the business environment, a report said on Friday.

105.   The meeting comes after several opposition lawmakers urged the government to declare a state of emergency in the face of disturbances, a parliamentary source said.

106.   The newspaper urged the government to be strict in forcing financial institutions to dispose of their huge non-performing loans and execute measures to stabilise the economy.