31.   But late last year, the central bank changed this to three months as was the international norm.

32.   But Ray Miyamoto, a Beijing-based U.S. food health official, said Chinese quarantine authorities are moving toward accepting international norms.

33.   Clean pricing, the international norm, calculates a bond price without including interest earned since the last coupon payment.

34.   Company officials say the shipment, the first of its kind, complies with international norms.

35.   Current U.S. policy is to use economic and political pressure in attempt to force Iran to conform with international norms.

36.   Estonian officials insist they have followed international norms and that Russians are inflating the numbers of potential voters who could potentially go to the polls.

37.   Federal education spending in proportion to gross domestic product has fallen over two years and lags behind international norms.

38.   France has proposed that the Francophone organization take on a monitoring role to make sure its former colonies are respecting international norms of human rights.

39.   Hashimoto also said that Japan would push for new international norms against terrorism.

40.   He also criticized the no-fly zones as violations of U.N. charter and international norms.