31.   The sports ministry then made several changes to the team.

32.   The tourism ministry has made the park a top priority, and negotiations are underway with foreign companies and investors.

33.   Tunky said the ministry would also make adjustments in the management of its domestic export quotas of textiles.

34.   Foreign Ministry spokesman Hiroshi Hashimoto was quoted as saying that his ministry had made the request to the Russian Foreign Ministry earlier in the day.

35.   Hashimoto said at a press conference that his ministry regularly consulted and exchanged information with oil-related industries but the ministry had not made any such requests.

36.   He did not discuss a timetable but said his ministry was making plans that would be the first step in establishing the direct links.

37.   In June, the justice ministry made an official complaint about growing numbers of pornographic publications in Mongolia.

38.   A Saxony-Anhalt region official of the opposition Social Democrats, Manfred Puechel, said that the regional interior ministry had only made these orders known Monday.

39.   According to Mihov, the interior and defense ministries made millions of much needed dollars.

40.   Announcing the visit last week, the Pakistani foreign ministry had made it clear that the government was considering recognizing Israel.