1.   The new directive is intended to ensure that national authorities process toxic substances as close to source as possible, thereby minimising the risk of accidents while in transit.

2.   As for Bayati, the Iraqi asylum seeker, his life is on hold while he waits for the immigration authorities to process his asylum application.

3.   As they waited while immigration authorities processed their applications, they received lessons in American civics and the English language.

4.   Before leaving, the family showed reporters their passports, which the Iraqi authorities processed in two hours on Saturday.

5.   Five policemen now guard his home while authorities process a patent application.

6.   Israeli authorities processed them at a military base and then put them on the British aircraft for Cyprus.

7.   Iraqi refugees had been staying at the hotel while waiting for American authorities to process asylum applications, according to relatives.

8.   Iraqi refugees have been staying at the hotel while waiting for American authorities to process asylum applications, according to relatives.

9.   Mob boss Pasquale Cuntrera was in a Spanish police cell Monday while the authorities processed an extradition request from the Italian government, police said.

10.   Noye was in a Spanish police cell Saturday while the authorities processed the extradition request from the British government, police said.