1.   Bradley said he was still not convinced that the welfare reform effort was working or that it would have been wrong to try sanctions before using force against Saddam.

2.   It also had to accept the idea of suspending some sanctions before Iraq demonstrated full compliance with all disarmament requirements.

3.   The Russians, who are owed billions of dollars by the Iraqis and foresee future lucrative contracts, would also lift sanctions before introducing arms inspections.

4.   U.N. and Clinton administration officials expected Iraq to press for a lifting of sanctions before the end of the year.

5.   Another tradeoff was that Japan agreed to withdraw its pending complaint about the legality of U.S. sanctions before the WTO.

6.   Brown rejected European and Japanese suggestions that the United States was undermining the WTO by announcing the sanctions before the WTO has the opportunity to consider the dispute.

7.   But the team lifted the sanction shortly before the tipoff against San Antonio, saying Payton had apologized.

8.   Iraq demands a timetable for the lifting of U.N. economic sanctions before cooperation can resume.

9.   It says that Washington has no right to impose sanctions before that panel reports back in mid-April.

10.   Japan is in the process of filing a complaint against U.S. sanctions before the WTO.