1.   The government said it will ask the bondholders to agree to lower tolls on those roads.

2.   The goal was to allow the construction companies more time to recover their investments and induce them to lower the tolls.

3.   Police and rescue workers had earlier reported eight deaths but police spokesman Maj. Gen. Pongsapat Pongcharoen later lowered the toll to four.

4.   Police and rescue workers had initially reported eight deaths but police spokesman Maj. Gen. Pongsapat Pongcharoen later lowered the toll.

5.   The Suez Canal suffered from dwindling revenues in recent years and has promoted more traffic by lowering tolls.

6.   A western aid group that reported nine people were killed when the Zairean air force bombed the rebel-held city of Bukavu lowered the toll Tuesday to six.