51.   Waigel added the tax relief package, which must be approved by parliament, would boost growth in gross domestic product.

52.   Waigel said the tax relief package, which must be approved by parliament, would boost growth in gross domestic product.

53.   Yet, the Israeli parliament overwhelmingly approved this deal.

54.   Overriding a veto by President Leonid Kuchma, parliament on Friday approved a new law on presidential elections that the Ukrainian leader has strongly opposed.

55.   Parliament approved a government budget Tuesday that would have contained a record deficit except for a change in book-keeping practices.

56.   Parliament approved a law Saturday restricting development and public gatherings around former Nazi concentration camps.

57.   Parliament approved a new chief of national television Tuesday, the state news agency HINA reported.

58.   Parliament approved it in February.

59.   Parliament approved legislation aimed at cutting through much of the bureaucracy that has delayed preparations.

60.   Parliament approved plans last year to set up an independent financial agency to take over some of the responsibilities shouldered by the Finance Ministry.