1.   The government will release a preliminary estimate of full-year gross domestic product tomorrow.

2.   The hijackers have issued an ultimatum -- either the government releases the prisoners or the plane will be blown up.

3.   Some reports claimed that the Syrian government had released the prisoners in order to facilitate a rapprochement with the mainstream PLO factions.

4.   As was usual the government released no economic statistics considered reliable by international commentators.

5.   Shortly before the elections the federal government had released details of an alleged plot to take Sabah out of the Federation.

6.   Also, the government releases March consumer price and industrial production reports that will provide clues to possible Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in the near future.

7.   Although the government would not release the names of those held, the mass roundup was big news.

8.   Analysts said the job picture will be clearer today when the government releases July unemployment and job growth reports.

9.   And just in time for Christmas, the Eurocentric British government released a report that said drinking more alcohol can be good for you.