11.   Several other countries have lodged extradition requests for similar reasons.

12.   His agent Vittorio Terenghi and seven of the other accused have made similar admissions and lodged requests for easier sentences.

13.   Assi said Saturday Ouattara had formally lodged his request for Ivorian nationality on Friday after lengthy talks with Interior Minister Emile Boga Doudou.

14.   Deputy prosecutor Solveig Riberdhal said she had lodged a request with the foreign ministry for legal assistance from South Africa and expected a response in two or three days.

15.   Eli Lilly lodged a request in March for BST to be exempted from the ban on hormones so it could be used for veterinary medicinal purposes.

16.   The official, Mostafa Khezry, said that refugees could only return if a family member in Croatia lodged a request with the authorities.

17.   Japan and South Korea are also due Monday to lodge requests for panels against the US measures, followed by a Chinese request next Friday.

18.   Local people and environmentalists are opposed to the authorisation of heavier trucks, and the mayor of Chamonix has lodged a request for an emergency injunction stopping their return.