1.   But the state constitution bans Nevada-style gambling, so officials had threatened to shut the casinos down.

2.   The constitution already bans the mistreatment of women, but the new regulation instructs the police to respond to complaints of wife-beating thoroughly and sympathetically.

3.   The constitution currently bans presidents from consecutive terms.

4.   The constitution now bans back-to-back presidencies.

5.   The new constitution would ban Islamic political parties, emasculate the Parliament and grant sweeping new powers to the president.

6.   The state constitution bans casino gambling.

7.   The state constitution specifically bans coin-operated slot machines.

8.   Abortion, long taboo in this predominantly Roman Catholic country where the constitution bans it as murder, faces a historic trial this week.

9.   But the Asahi newspaper said the government opposes that, arguing that the constitution bans any operations abroad that involve combat, the newspaper said.

10.   It is still unclear if Milosevic will run for president as the constitution formally bans him from seeking a third term.