1.   The Committee finally proposed and the cabinet approved the creation of a Secret Service Bureau to cover both these functions.

2.   In May, the cabinet approved a rescue for private textile factories.

3.   Just last month, with oil prices at their peak, the cabinet approved a package of new measures to promote foreign investment.

4.   The Israeli inner cabinet on Sunday approved a plan for buffer zones along the West Bank to prevent Palestinians from entering Israel.

5.   The Israeli cabinet approved a troop withdrawal from the West Bank, in accordance with peace agreements it signed with the Palestinians, said the cabinet in a statement.

6.   The Spanish cabinet approved a series of tax reforms and regulatory changes to help companies and make the energy, real estate, telecommunications and service industries more competitive.

7.   The Spanish cabinet approved a series of tax reforms and regulatory changes to help companies and make the energy, telecommunications and service industries more competitive.

8.   Venezuela got a boost early in the week after the cabinet approved the sale of state steel company Siderurgicas del Orinoco.

9.   Both the Israeli and Palestinian cabinets approved the accords on Hebron and a three-staged Israeli pullback from West Bank rural areas late Wednesday night.

10.   Both the Israeli and Palestinian cabinets approved the accords late Wednesday night.