21.   It has also initiated legal moves to grant Polynesia greater economic and administrative autonomy.

22.   A Moslem minister in the government initiated moves to clear vast areas of forest in the immediate neighbourhood of the temple and settle Moslems in the area.

23.   The most valuable in the collection were kept carefully under wraps, however, and Russia has avoided initiating any moves to part with them.

24.   The move was initiated by Portugal, the former colonial power which is still considered as the official administrator by the United Nations.

25.   Vajpayee on Monday held an hour of talks with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev who is keen for peace moves to be initiated during the conference he is hosting.

26.   On the external front he initiated diplomatic moves to improve relations with rival and neighbour India amid signs that both want rapprochement.

27.   The crackdown comes despite a pledge by Yilmaz last month to initiate moves to settle the Kurdish question, although he ruled out granting Kurds full independence.

28.   The moves will be initiated next year, with condemned criminals to choose between lethal injection or execution by firing squad, the Chinese-language Apple Daily said.