71.   But assembly president Luis Miquilena said the body was acting within the law.

72.   But Rafsanjani said Iran was acting within its rights and warned the United States against interfering.

73.   El-Badri added that the case showed fundamentalist lawyers could act within the law to defend Islam.

74.   Geoffrey Ma, senior counsel for the Law Society, said it had acted within the rules and its decision could not be criticised as unreasonable.

75.   He has always maintained he acted within the IOC guidelines, and threatened court action against the Salt Lake investigators.

76.   He said California Gov. Gray Davis acted within his powers by warning that bridges there were under threat of attack, though the FBI has played down those threats.

77.   He said county canvassing boards in Palm Beach Miami-Dade and Nassau Counties had all acted within their discretion in the way they handled vote tabulations.

78.   He said county canvassing boards in Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Nassau Counties had all acted within their discretion in tabulating votes.

79.   He said he believed India will act within a few days in response to commitments Armitage delivered from Pakistan.

80.   He said he hoped Belarus would act within days and agree necessary details on how the OSCE mission can operate so that it can get started.