41.   A similar ban was already in place in Melbourne and Brisbane members will meet on the resolution next week.

42.   Another case pending before the European Court asks it to strike down a similar Italian ban on women working nights.

43.   Anti-alcohol groups are campaigning for a similar ban on sponsorship by breweries.

44.   Belgium banned all Coke products on Monday and Luxembourg followed with a similar ban on Tuesday including Fanta, Sprite, Aquarius, Bonaqua and Minute Maid fruit juices.

45.   Bush has said he would sign a similar nationwide ban if he is elected over Democrat Al Gore.

46.   But the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel stopped short of recommending a similar ban for all of Western Europe, which is experiencing a mad cow disease crisis.

47.   China is considering a similar ban.

48.   Complaining of hostile articles, authorities last March banned the distribution of the daily Le Monde in Tunisia, and imposed a similar ban two weeks later on Liberation.

49.   EU countries also have imposed a similar ban on imports from Poland, a major pig producer.

50.   European Union Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler announced plans Monday to introduce a similar ban Europe-wide amid fears of a link between sheep and BSE.