11.   Private adoptions are illegal in Britain, but about a hundred children are brought into the country each year without clearing formal adoption procedures.

12.   The dispute blocked formal adoption of the OSCE document, as OSCE decisions can only be reached by consensus.

13.   The EU hoped to submit its proposals to the WTO for formal adoption around August, the sources said.

14.   The new sanctions expected to come into force after formal adoption Monday at a meeting here of EU foreign ministers.

15.   The new sanctions were expected to come into force after formal adoption Monday at a meeting here of EU foreign ministers.

16.   Pakistan government laws are not directly implemented in Azad Kashmir and are only enforced after their formal adoption by the state government.