21.   A spokeswoman for the Health and Safety Executive said it would announce soon whether it would bring prosecutions for safety violations.

22.   Although illegal, euthanasia is practiced in the Netherlands, where prosecutions are not brought if strict guidelines are followed.

23.   Six prosecutions have been brought under the law in Australia, the largest number anywhere.

24.   The Justice Department has authority to bring criminal prosecutions against anyone who denies someone the right to vote.

25.   Also in parliament, Justice Minister Jacques Toubon said he was studying the possibility of bringing prosecutions against firms that had sold contaminated cattle feed.

26.   Answering a parliamentary question, Toubon said prosecutions might be brought if the feed had been marketed fraudulently.

27.   British Prime Minister John Major on Tuesday insisted that attempts to bring a prosecution over the racist killing of a black teenager would continue.