41.   In interviews on the street and in comments posted online, Chinese urged their government to resist what they see as U.S. bullying.

42.   Industry federation chief Michael Rogowski urged the government to extend its aid period.

43.   Iran has repeatedly offered to mediate in the Algerian crisis and has urged the government to accept outside help to investigate the killings.

44.   It just urged the government to allow in U.N. experts on executions and the judiciary.

45.   Kang, a former finance and economy minister, urged the government to take measures to boost the slowing economy.

46.   Leading international human rights organizations had urged the government of President Pasteur Bizimungu to halt the executions.

47.   Kriengsak said association members, meeting Sunday and Monday, unanimously supported a resolution urging the government to exempt rice mills from the foreign worker ban.

48.   Leading European human rights officials urged governments in the European Union Thursday not to abandon immigration reforms following the terrorist attacks in the United States.

49.   Meanwhile, the general students of Dhaka University at a press conference yesterday urged the government to take steps to make the educational institutions free from terrorism.

50.   Moderate ethnic Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova urged Western governments and Belgrade to support independence for Kosovo, saying it would settle tensions in the region.