11.   U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan called on Japan to accelerate financial market deregulation, allow troubled banks to fail and free the Bank of Japan from government influence.

12.   Deputy Prime Minister John Manley denied that government influence played a role.

13.   He said he planned to enact laws that would guarantee the ability of the Bank Indonesia, the central bank, to set monetary policy independent from government influence.

14.   Primakov said government influence over the economy would be stronger next year, but foreign investors should not be scared away.

15.   Primakov said the government agreed with some of the advice but not all, especially when it came to IMF criticism of increased government influence in the economy.

16.   Some Iraqi officials speculated that the November withdrawal stemmed from British government influence and was designed to pressure Iraq.

17.   The Han-Kyoreh Shinmun, said to be the newspaper most independent of government influence, even pointed fingers at indirect control of media reporting of the tragedy.

18.   The former Sind Provincial High Court justice was a strong advocate of an independent judiciary, free from government influence.

19.   The IMF wants a team independent from government influence established to probe corruption.

20.   These measures included reducing government influence in the market, simplifying government structure, decreasing subsidies, having a balanced budget and reducing taxes.