51.   Japan has been pushing hard to get the international ban on commercial whaling lifted.

52.   Khadafy flew to the Egyptian capital despite an international ban on Libyan flights.

53.   Leipold, who contends the nandrolone unknowingly came from food supplements, also is fighting to have to have his two-year international ban lifted.

54.   Mahathir reiterated his earlier calls for an international ban on speculative currency trading.

55.   Marine archaeologists who want to bring a halt to such plundering will gather in Paris on Monday to push for an international ban on maritime treasure hunting.

56.   Negotiators at a U.N. conference on inhumane weapons were reported near agreement Friday on an international ban on lasers designed to blind people permanently.

57.   Nugraha played down an international ban imposed by the AFC on Indonesia following riots which tarnished the SEA Games soccer final.

58.   Norwegian commercial whaling, which was resumed three years ago in defiance of an international ban, has led to widepread international protests.

59.   Sri Lanka will not immediately sign the Ottawa treaty which calls for an international ban on land mines, its foreign minister said Wednesday.

60.   The EU monitors report to the U.N. sanctions committee, which polices the international ban.