31.   There were reports from Moscow that Kurds there were hoping Russian authorities would grant him polytical asylum.

32.   Traditionally, it is a day when authorities grant amnesties.

33.   Tribunal authorities granted their approval, the court in Mostar said.

34.   Vice Transport Minister Mao Chih-kuo said Taiwanese authorities will soon grant permits for the services.

35.   French authorities granted him a limited visa last April so Zhirinovsky could attend a session of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

36.   He told reporters after a cabinet meeting that his office wants more authority to grant investment incentives such as tax breaks.

37.   Authorities had granted the neo-Nazis the right to demonstrate, but denied the counter-protest.

38.   Authorities could grant Tapie a three-day release in the near future to allow him to visit his father, according to official sources.

39.   Chinese authorities have granted US consular officials permission to visit detained human rights activist Harry Wu on Wednesday, the State Department said Monday.

40.   The self-rule authority granted the licence to a Gaza journalist, Taher Shereiteh, who said the newspaper would be independent.