1.   Also today the ministry said it was banning Nomura from bidding on new sales of government bonds until the ministry decides how to punish the brokerage.

2.   In Japan, the ministry decides whether to buy or sell currencies and entrusts operation to the central bank.

3.   In Japan, the ministry decides whether to buy or sell currencies and entrusts the operation to the central bank.

4.   In Moscow, the city justice ministry decides.

5.   Instead it will allow ministries to decide the limit on a case by case basis.

6.   Last week the finance ministry decided to liquidate the ailing Taiheiyo Bank Ltd. Taiheiyo shares have been untraded since the news, because of a glut of sell orders.

7.   Maj. Gen. John MacColl, the British commander, said he would be informed in advance if the defense ministry decides to move Northern Alliance troops outside the barracks.

8.   Survey results will come in at the start of the next month and the ministry will decide what action to take, Aoki said.

9.   The ministry decided last December to close the housing lenders.

10.   The ministry decided on the conference after the World Health Organization last week asked member nations to take steps to protect their citizens from beef infected with the disease.