51.   The Council of Europe asked the Moldovan government Monday to explain a temporary ban on the activities of the main opposition party.

52.   The protest was illegal under a temporary ban on political rallies designed to safeguard the presidential election.

53.   The temporary ban was imposed even though no tainted Belgian products have yet been found in Denmark, the agency said.

54.   The temporary ban covers all Belgian poultry, pork and beef and any products which contain them and were produced after January.

55.   The temporary ban will become effective January next year, Prayong said.

56.   They have also imposed a temporary ban on alcohol, which has helped them maintain order.

57.   U.S. and Canadian wheat supplies have been in particularly strong demand in recent weeks after the European Union placed a temporary ban on wheat export subsidies.

58.   He said Clinton the United States will turn a temporary ban on the export and transfer of these weapons into a permanent measure.

59.   However, government lawyers later convinced the judge to lift the temporary ban, allowing the bidding to resume, he added.

60.   However an information ministry official criticised the temporary ban.