1.   But an Agriculture Department spokesman said the government had to act to ensure the safety of the food supply.

2.   It is time for Congress to act to ensure that they get the help they have long deserved.

3.   Medtronic Inc. must act to ensure proper procedures are in place to check the quality of its products, the Food and Drug Administration said in a warning letter.

4.   Clinton raised earlier detentions with Chinese President Jiang Zemin on Saturday, but Jiang afterward told reporters that authorities acted to ensure security.

5.   Hassan Asfour, a lawmaker from Gaza and close confidant to Arafat said the Palestinian leader acted to ensure that no one took the law into their own hands.

6.   In announcing an exemption from the Retirement Age Act on Wednesday, the Labor Ministry said it acted to ensure that the airline will remain competitive.

7.   Lissouba said he acted to ensure a peaceful campaign for July presidential elections that both men planned to contest.

8.   Lissouba said he acted to ensure peace during the campaign.

9.   OPEC Secretary General Ali Rodriguez said the group must act to ensure stability in oil markets.

10.   The companies also agreed to act to ensure that transfers of equipment to public or private security forces should not be diverted for use in suppressing human rights.