101.   Libya on Thursday defended its policy toward the Palestinians.

102.   Netanyahu defended the policy Sunday while speaking on Israel radio.

103.   Nutting had resigned from the government, saying he was not prepared to lie to defend the policy.

104.   Officials at the Department of Corrections defended their policy.

105.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has defended the policy in an interview with an Israeli newspaper.

106.   Primakov also defended a policy of heavy governmental intervention in the economy, saying it was needed to guide Russia out of its crisis.

107.   Putin defended his policies in Chechnya, saying he would not allow the area to be used as a place to launch terrorist attacks against Russia.

108.   Senior U.S. officials are appearing on al-Jazeera, an independent Arab television network based in Qatar, to defend American policy.

109.   Singapore defended its policy of mandatory executions for drug traffickers.

110.   The Clinton administration is on the side of the LSC, and together they are defending the policies of the Republican-led Congress.