51.   Nigeria counters international criticism.

52.   President Hosni Mubarak named six Christians and four women to parliament Monday, an apparent move to counter criticism that they were not well represented.

53.   Suharto is seeking the changes to counter increasing criticism by the opposition and some intellectuals that the present system is unjust.

54.   That explanation was invoked to counter widespread criticism that peace troops were shutting their eyes to war crimes suspects around them.

55.   The government on Thursday said it was appointing a special commission to probe all political killings to counter criticism of sluggish investigation.

56.   The government indicated Tuesday that it is considering changing the electoral system to counter criticism that most legislators are installed by the president.

57.   The meeting also appears aimed at countering criticism that Pope John Paul II and the Vatican have been slow to respond to a scandal with global implications.

58.   The move has been organised to counter criticism from human rights groups.

59.   The music service is trying to counter criticism that it has not done enough to stem the illegal trading of copyrighted songs on the Internet.

60.   The tone is harsher in the English-language press, with the apparent aim of countering foreign criticism of the regime.