51.   Thaksin was initially able to facilitate needed government approvals but then the government halted the project.

52.   The Alliance has threatened possible military action unless the government halts its crackdown of ethnic Albanian separatists in the southern province of Kosovo.

53.   The bank has struggled since January when the government halted servicing most of its public debt.

54.   The Dutch government halted exports and reinstated a nationwide ban on transporting livestock that had been lifted just two days earlier, extending it to cover chickens.

55.   The government halted all attempts to negotiate with Muslim extremists holding more than two dozen hostages, and said Thursday it would focus only on hunting the insurgents down.

56.   The government halted commercial logging that had already devoured nearly one-fifth of Vu Quang.

57.   The government halted talks with the rebels and attacked after the guerrillas kidnapped more people despite a promise to halt abductions while negotiations were under way.

58.   The government halted the repatriation and began holding ships from India for seven days in quarantine during the plague epidemic before allowing them to Sri Lankan ports.

59.   The government has halted all mailings believed to be subject to the errors.

60.   The Democrats said they reiterated to the chief executive that they believe the government should halt all intervention in the stock and futures markets.