11.   However the oil magnate and owner of the Milan club said he gave the English player a few more days for taking a final decision.

12.   However, officials at the Interior Ministry, which organized the elections, said early results gave Biya a strong lead in the polls.

13.   However, Polygram Records in Hong Kong, the source of most of her albums, says they cannot give a specific number.

14.   Oddly enough, what gives him the most satisfaction, he says, is the exact reverse of his movie activities.

15.   Rescue work continued Wednesday morning, a local government official who gave only his surname, Liang, said by telephone.

16.   The slide apparently was triggered when a road behind the two lodges gave way, a State Emergency Services spokesman said.

17.   Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Friday backtracked from an interview he gave saying Italy would fail a strict interpretation of the single currency deficit conditions.

18.   Some hurt included children skating on the ice rink, who were partially buried in rubble when the roof gave way, witnesses said.

19.   The deadlines are imposed to help Saudi officials plan events, such as trips to Mount Arafat where the prophet Mohammad gave his last sermon, Saudi authorities said.