11.   In recent months the government had offered subsidies and television air-time to the legalized opposition parties.

12.   Both the North Korean and Cuban governments reportedly offered Honecker refuge but as of the end of the year he remained in the Chilean embassy.

13.   Opposition forces did not attempt to prevent his departure and he made his way to Idzhevan in north-eastern Armenia, whose government had offered him temporary asylum.

14.   The Iraqi government meanwhile offered to re-open talks on a new agreement to enable UN relief workers to supply essential food and medicines to northern Iraq.

15.   According to unconfirmed reports the government had offered talks with Bhutto in return for an agreement to end the agitation.

16.   The following day the Senegalese government offered its apologies.

17.   The French government had earlier offered to allow Greenpeace representatives to visit Muroroa, on condition that they refrained from taking samples.

18.   The Dutch government is offering farmers subsidies to persuade them to switch from dairy to energy farming.

19.   All welfare recipients who are able to work will be required to accept workfare assignments when the local government offers them.

20.   Analysts believe foreign direct investment will continue to surge as the government offers incentives to companies willing to rebuild the crumbling infrastructure..