1.   The government has approved a law that rolls over the tax debt until the following year.

2.   Earlier the government had approved amendments codifying foreign exchange regulations to enable foreign companies to repatriate profits.

3.   The French government has approved proposals for a new waste law.

4.   The Russian government has approved a programme of measures to help people in the Urals region suffering from the effects of radiation.

5.   Egyptian newspapers have drawn attention to the fact that the government has approved hunting parties despite the fact that the houbara has absolute protection under Egyptian law.

6.   Among these is the contention that the federal government tacitly approved the land transfers even if Congress did not pass a law ratifying them.

7.   Analysts said that America West would do well if the government approved the application.

8.   And even though Rabin said new settlements and land confiscations were frozen, his government approved thousands of new apartments in West Bank areas around Jerusalem this week.