61. Human rights activists seeking to end the hunger strike are lobbying the government to consider allowing prisoners access to a small number of inmates in other cells. 62. In addition to adopting authentication techniques, companies are forming trade groups and lobbying governments to stiffen penalties against counterfeiters. 63. In an interview published Sunday in the Washington Post, U.S. Undersecretary of State Alan Larson said the Bush administration was lobbying European governments to change the rules. 64. In response, the United States has lobbied governments to sign treaties on extraditions, overflights, legal assistance pacts and shiprider agreements. 65. In response, the United States has lobbied area governments to sign treaties on extraditions, overflights, legal assistance pacts and so-called shiprider agreements. 66. Industry leaders are lobbying the government to increase the Medicare payments homes receive for patient care. 67. Kfar Saba mayor Yitzhak Wald is lobbying the government to erect an electronic fence between Kfar Saba and Qalqiliya. 68. Mexican bankers, long the target of corruption complaints themselves, are now lobbying the government for better enforcement of laws. 69. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is among those lobbying the government. 70. Military officials have lobbied the government to ban power cutoffs to strategic installations, but without success. |