31.   White House chief of staff Leon Panetta said senior U.S. officials were studying the feasibility of such a military exclusion zone across the Iraqi territory adjacent to Kuwaiti.

32.   Also, the government will study the feasibility of offering tax-exempt savings bonds to encourage domestic savings, he said.

33.   Barma said he plans to eliminate tax deductions for company cars and that the government will study the feasibility of introducing road tolls throughout the territory.

34.   British Petroleum and four other companies have agreed to study the feasibility of a second offshore natural gas pipeline for Vietnam, a company executive said Friday.

35.   But corporate communications manager Diana Fong said the airline was still studying the feasibility of such a service which could include the Asian region, Europe and North America.

36.   Five joint working groups had studied the feasibility of a merger for two weeks.

37.   Four foreign companies will cooperate with the Vietnam Oil and Gas Corp. to study the feasibility of a natural gas pipeline and processing network, the companies announced Monday.

38.   Giuliani said Sunday that a task force of city and business leaders appointed to study the feasibility of hosting the Olympics met for the first time last week.

39.   Fujimori and Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso signed an agreement Monday to study the feasibility of the project.

40.   He said Japan will send a team to study the feasibility of setting up industrial zones in the Palestinian-run Gaza Strip.