81.   Lebed hotly defended his plan before the lower house, which is dominated by Communists, nationalists and other hard-liners.

82.   Minister of Public Works and Housing, Roberto White, defended the plan on Monday in Parliament.

83.   New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman defended her plans Friday to visit controversial places in Israel during her five-day trade mission to the Jewish state.

84.   Scientists called human cloning ethically risky and likely to produce deformed babies, even as researchers who plan to move forward defended their plans Wednesday before a congressional panel.

85.   Seeking to ease concerns over a possible erosion of civil liberties, the government on Wednesday defended its plan for boosting security agency powers to combat terrorism.

86.   Shabtai Tal, spokesman for The Heritage of Jewish Heroism, the U.S.-Israeli organization that organized the march, defends the plans.

87.   Social Democratic leaders defended their plan, saying the states would balk at giving up more tax revenue.

88.   Shabtai Tal, spokesman for The Heritage of Jewish Heroism, the U.S.-Israeli organization that organized the march, defended the plans.

89.   Shell defended its plans to dump the platform.

90.   Supporters of a plan to dump contaminated New York Harbor sediment off the New Jersey coast traveled to unfriendly territory Tuesday, defending the plan before a congressional subcommittee.