21.   Authorities granted bail Friday for an Iranian businessman charged with trying to carry a loaded gun onto his flight at Miami International Airport.

22.   Authorities had granted Schwarzenfeld permission to take it.

23.   Canadian authorities have granted refugee status to the wife of a Sikh activist who faces charges in India in the assassination of a political leader.

24.   Chinese anti-flood authorities have granted special funds to reinforce dangerous levees and prevent the situation from worsening.

25.   Defense Secretary William J. Perry acknowledges that the terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia would have been less deadly if Saudi authorities had granted a U.S. request for tighter security.

26.   If Swiss authorities grant that request, the provisional blocking would be replaced by a more permanent freeze, pending resolution of any legal disputes.

27.   Last week, British authorities granted al-Masari permission to stay in Britain for four years which can be extended.

28.   Lewis had to make his call from the United States because Mexican authorities have not granted him a special human rights observer visa.

29.   Prison authorities granted Rigg a job transfer to another state prison after he filed complaints about his work environment at Corcoran.

30.   The exercise of this freedom is not something authorities grant, it is an inalienable right of the people.