61.   The Economy Ministry announced its decision after a privatization commission rejected the planned sale to defense and media giant Lagardere.

62.   The election commission on Saturday rejected the application of businessman Ismail Ogly Tagi-Zade, saying he had not collected a sufficient number of signatures supporting his candidacy.

63.   The Justice Department said the sentencing commission rejected a measure that would have automatically lessened penalties for some crack defendants, unless Congress objected.

64.   The race technical commission rejected the protest.

65.   In Strasbourg, an EU source said the commission had also rejected a British proposal that the ban be lifted initially on exports to nations outside the European Union.

66.   Industry experts here noted that the US trade commission rejected US lumber industry claims that it had already suffered injury, which would have allowed retroactive duties.

67.   But industry experts said the commission also rejected US lumber industry claims that they had already suffered injury, which would have allowed retroactive duties.

68.   But the commission rejected the arguments as groundless, contending that the petitioners had not produced convincing proof of discrimination.

69.   But the plan triggered a storm in France, and the French privatisation commission rejected it, mainly because of concern that strategic techology would be transferred to Daewoo.

70.   The source said the commission had also rejected a British proposal that the ban could be lifted initially on exports to nations outside the European Union.