11.   It sets the standards and lays out the testing criteria, then lets national institutes do the work.

12.   Four Russian athletes, including two medal winners, have been disqualified for taking the drug developed by the Russian national institute for pharmacology use by the cosmonauts.

13.   Growing numbers of Israelis are living below the poverty threshhold according to statistics published Thursday by a national institute here.

14.   The ministry also plans to set up a national institute for AIDS prevention and control and similar local organizations.

15.   The Tarragona and Valencia regions were placed on maximum alert, with the Balearic islands also put on alert, the national meteorological institute reported.

16.   Output increased owing to strong growth of domestic demand and of private consumption, said the national statistical institute, which published the figures.

17.   The body also recommended the establishment of a national institute for flight safety.

18.   The national meteorological institute said the weather would not improve before Thursday.