21.   The United States ended a longstanding ban on sales of advanced weaponry to the region last year.

22.   A longstanding ban on sitting or walking on the lawns of public parks and gardens in the French capital is to be partially lifted Thursday, city hall announced.

23.   Clinton also alienated many in the military by seeking in his first term to lift a longstanding ban on service by homosexuals.

24.   The Taiwan government was attacked by members of parliament after turning down appeals for the longstanding ban on direct flights to be lifted for Chang.

25.   This would include lifting a longstanding ban on teaching the Kurdish language and stimulating the economy in the Kurdish-populated southeast, Yilmaz said.