111.   The government on Saturday lifted anti-speculative regulation, a move that would reduce down payments for home buyers.

112.   The government will lift temporarily controversial customs taxes on imported newsprint after charges by independent dailies that the dues were aimed at curbing press freedom.

113.   The Dutch government Wednesday lifted a pig breeding ban introduced in June to halt the spread of an outbreak of the highly contagious swine fever.

114.   The government lifted an internal blockade of the Kurdish area last month after the KDP had taken control of almost the entire region.

115.   The government lifted the ban last year, citing improved safety standards.

116.   The government should also lift a ban on grain exports and phase out tariffs to combat unprecedented wheat shortages, Lay said.

117.   The government will lift subsidies for jet fuels this month, but maintain those on products such as gasoline, kerosene and diesel fuel.

118.   The French government has lifted a ban on canned Coca-Cola drinks produced at a northern France bottling plant, French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Thursday.

119.   The government has lifted a ban against the Guardian newspaper and magazine group after the publishing company apologized for having offended the military government.

120.   The government has lifted its ban on the sale of a book by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.