21.   Lawmakers in Zimbabwe passed new laws late Thursday imposing sweeping curbs of the media ahead of March presidential elections.

22.   Malaysia is imposing new curbs on foreign workers, particularly Indonesians, who make up the vast majority of both the legal and illegal migrant work force.

23.   Many nations fear a leadership vacuum at a time when global economic upheavals are increasing pressure on governments to impose import curbs to protect local industries.

24.   Many nations want to avoid a leadership vacuum at a time when global economic upheavals are increasing pressure on governments to impose import curbs to protect local industries.

25.   Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met here Wednesday with Syrian President Bashar Assad, hoping to have curbs imposed on the radical Islamic group Hezbollah.

26.   The New York Stock Exchange had imposed trading curbs that limit computer-driven trading.

27.   The suggestion is controversial because Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who will host the APEC meeting, has just imposed stringent curbs on currency and stock trading.

28.   The suggestion is controversial because Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who will host the meeting, has just imposed stringent curbs on currency and stock trading.

29.   The World Bank is not opposed to moves by countries to impose temporary curbs on short-term capital flows to shield their fragile economies, its top official said Saturday.

30.   The Turkish military is pressuring the government to impose new curbs on Islamic broadcasting, a private television station said Wednesday.