31.   The Howard government in November relaxed a ban on allowing Adams into Australia.

32.   The Thai government is under pressure to intervene on their behalf by asking Cambodia to relax the ban.

33.   The Taliban later relaxed their ban on women working because they needed Siddiqi to treat wounded Taliban soldiers.

34.   The two had been invited to the weekend consultation in what was seen as a sign that China was relaxing its ban on dissenting voices.

35.   The United States, France and leading international conservation groups say they are strongly opposed to relaxing the ban regarding elephants.

36.   Those demands, first raised last month, were renewed Monday after it became clear that the EU would not relax the ban this week.

37.   Yet some fear the Taiwanese are on the verge of surrendering their dominance in chipmaking by relaxing a ban on Taiwanese companies investing in plants in communist China.

38.   However, other EU countries have since made it clear they will not consider any moves towards relaxing the ban before the cull is implemented.

39.   However, other EU countries have made it clear they will not consider any moves towards relaxing the ban before the cull is implemented.

40.   Barrit said that even the mere proposal to relax the ban has caused a resumption of elephant poaching.