11.   Colombian Foreign Minister Rodrigo Pardo said the global narcotics trade should be discussed, with an aim at encouraging rich nations to curb drug consumption.

12.   Gore pursues the same objective through different means -- seeking to curb consumption by spending more on conservation, energy efficiency and other forms of energy.

13.   He told the newspaper that the hike would help curb consumption as well as cut government subsidies on fuel prices.

14.   It has criticized wealthy countries for not doing more to curb consumption, and has sometimes come into conflict with U.S. policy.

15.   Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen said Tuesday that the government will present several measures to curb consumption and prevent the economy from overheating.

16.   He defended the planned increases blaming them on higher wheat prices on international market and the need to curb consumption.

17.   To dramatize his position, Clinton spoke at a ceremony honoring a program created last year to curb the consumption of alcohol, tobacco and drugs in schools.

18.   Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has reiterated this week he was not in favour of raising interest rates to curb consumption.