1.   Meanwhile, Mexican authorities still are weighing whether to approve the sale there.

2.   Rather than automatically excluding such people, the panel said, federal authorities should weigh the severity of the likely persecution against the nature of the crime committed.

3.   A Justice Ministry spokesman confirmed that authorities were weighing the option of treating the losses as a criminal case but would not comment further.

4.   Authorities are weighing manslaughter charges against a policeman who shot a protester dead outside the meeting.

5.   Authorities are weighing manslaughter charges against a policeman who shot a protester dead today outside the gathering of industrialized nations.

6.   Authorities weighed manslaughter charges against a policeman who shot a protester dead Friday outside the gathering of industrialized nations.

7.   Austrian authorities are now weighing whether to extradite the younger Kovac to Germany, where he is sought on suspicion of fraud.

8.   Austrian authorities are weighing whether to extradite the younger Kovac to Germany, where he is sought on suspicion of fraud.

9.   The unidentified motorist was driving with a suspended license, and authorities were weighing whether to press charges.