21.   A visiting U.S. diplomat said Thursday that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen promised to shelve a controversial bill which many non-governmental organizations said would hinder their work.

22.   Angry government ministers accused the NDP and Liberals of political blackmail over the unprecedented tactic, designed to stall passage of two controversial bills.

23.   But a controversial bill before the French parliament has accelerated the debate across the continent.

24.   But he acknowledged that many aspects of the controversial bill that became law last month would not hurt Caribbean exporters.

25.   Committee chairman Vladimir Stretovich said Kuchma has refused to sign a controversial bill on local government despite the fact that parliament had twice voted to override his veto.

26.   Education Minister Dave Johnson turned down the request for an immediate meeting, though he said the government was considering some amendments to the controversial bill.

27.   Environmental groups on Friday praised U.S. hesitance toward approving exports of American-made nuclear fuel to Russia after recent passage of a controversial new bill by Russian legislators.

28.   Hours earlier, Pakistan adopted a controversial bill that gives police sweeping authorities to combat political and sectarian violence.

29.   Irish lawmakers on Friday passed a controversial bill allowing Irish women access to abortion information for the first time.

30.   Legislators on Tuesday agreed to water down the wording of the controversial bill.