11.   The Italian parliament has finally approved a new law governing hunting.

12.   The law, approved by parliament earlier this month, allows doctors to perform euthanasia at the explicit request of their patients under tightly controlled conditions.

13.   And the parliament could approve Stepashin on its first vote.

14.   Before agreeing to vote to support the government today, Wagner demanded that government decisions on state asset sales be approved by parliament.

15.   But first he has to be approved by parliament next Monday, a vote that analysts and politicians said could go either way.

16.   Construction companies fell after the Japanese parliament approved cuts in the government budget to reduce the fiscal deficit.

17.   For sure, Russia has a prime minister who was approved by parliament.

18.   He said he was optimistic that the Russian parliament would also approve the Start II treaty.

19.   He said no further austerity measures will be needed assuming the package already on the table is approved by parliament.

20.   He would then seek to have it approved by parliament later this month, his spokeswoman said.