51.   Indonesia still wants free trade, and its move will not scotch the agreement, says its minister for production and distribution, Hartarto.

52.   Iraq will stick to its policy of buying food and other goods from countries that support lifting or easing U.N. trade sanctions, the trade minister said Tuesday.

53.   Israel mobilizing army reserves to deal with Palestinian attacks, says Cabinet minister.

54.   Investigators have concluded that judgment errors by the pilots led to three crashes of Malaysian air force helicopters last year, the defense minister said Thursday.

55.   It said both ministers believed that current prices, which have shored up after rising sharply, would improve even more.

56.   Japan should hold off on cleaning up its strained public finances until it can sustain economic growth for several years, the finance minister said Tuesday.

57.   Jordan closed its borders with Iraq Thursday to prevent an influx of refugees from Iraq, following U.S.-British military strikes, the interior minister said.

58.   Jordan closed its borders with Iraq Thursday to prevent an influx of refugees from Iraq following U.S.-British military strikes, the interior minister said.

59.   Kyaw Win had made a trip to Singapore to acquire equipment for automatic teller machines, the finance minister said, according to the newspaper.

60.   Last week, the Israeli defense minister said he would not tolerate more shootings, and suggested Israel would take harsh action.