91.   A watered-down plan to reform struggling state carrier Olympic Airways gained preliminary approval in parliament Thursday.

92.   Also Wednesday, the Knesset gave preliminary approval to a bill to ban parties supporting terrorist organizations.

93.   Although the tax reform plan won preliminary Duma approval, some legislators attacked it as potentially dangerous.

94.   An official said Greenpeace had been given preliminary approval to demonstrate during the WTO meeting, but as of this past week final approval had not come.

95.   Argentine lawmakers have given preliminary approval to an economic recovery plan that President Eduardo Duhalde hopes will attract billions of dollars in international aid.

96.   As governor, Edwards appointed the now-defunct Louisiana Riverboat Gaming Commission, which granted preliminary approval for riverboat licenses.

97.   Barak got a breather when the Knesset adjourned for a three-month recess after giving preliminary approval to the early elections bill.

98.   Bechtle gave preliminary approval to the deal last November and is expected to decide sometime this summer whether it will stand.

99.   Both sides are due in Wayne County Circuit Court Thursday where a judge is expected to issue his preliminary approval, Ford spokeswoman Anne Marie Gattari said.

100.   David Tittle, an attorney for Thomson, said a court in southern Illinois gave preliminary approval to the agreement this week.