31.   On Friday it postponed a strike threat, proposing a cooling-off period until Wednesday in an effort to resolve the dispute through dialogue.

32.   Russian lawmakers rejected a proposal by ultranationalist leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky on Wednesday to postpone hearings on the START II treaty, a news agency reported.

33.   That will allow Australia and South Korea to play Monday, the match that was postponed on Saturday because of rain.

34.   The case against the third soldier was postponed on technical ground until after the summer.

35.   The semifinal matches were postponed on Friday after a downpour unheard of in sunny Acapulco drenched the courts and delayed play.

36.   The trial of a young Thai widow accused of murdering her royal husband was postponed on its first day Monday when a key prosecution witness failed to appear.

37.   The trial of feminist author Taslima Nasrin for allegedly blaspheming Islam was postponed on Saturday by a month.

38.   The trial had been postponed on three previous occasions.

39.   Trial of feminist author Taslima Nasrin for allegedly blaspheming Islam was postponed on Saturday by a month.

40.   Trial of feminist author Taslima Nasrin for allegedly blaspheming Islam was postponed on Saturday for a month.