51.   EU foreign ministers meet Tuesday to consider such sanctions as ending government guarantees for loans to companies doing business in Iran.

52.   European airlines seek government insurance guarantees claiming those on offer from private companies is too expensive.

53.   France Telecom will pay the state a one-time sum to compensate for the government pension guarantee.

54.   Government guarantees in most European countries are due to expire at the end of the month.

55.   He said Arafat would ask Kohl to promote German investment in the Palestinian areas by offering government loan guarantees.

56.   He said the transaction is backed by the Israeli Foreign Risk Insurance Group without Kazak government guarantees.

57.   However, although a government blanket guarantee for deposits may not be entirely desirable, some form of assurance is nevertheless needed on the part of depositors.

58.   In a statement Friday, the opposition labeled as an empty promise a government guarantee that it was safe for opposition members to conduct political activities inside Cambodia.

59.   In the meantime, a deposit insurance scheme will be prepared to eventually take over the government guarantee.

60.   It said shipments should be halted without such government guarantees.