31.   A spokeswoman for Cohen said later a government approval process would begin immediately along with other preparatory work, but that the timetable for construction had not been set.

32.   A small number of tribunal staff began preparatory work in Kosovo shortly after KFOR troops entered the province.

33.   A spokesman for Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov said peace talks could only resume in early July because of preparatory work involved.

34.   All preparatory work has now been completed for the accession of the three new members.

35.   Alam Flora will start preparatory work for the takeover this month despite having scheduled a three-month trial run in April.

36.   And the EU still has not settled on final specifications, meaning only limited preparatory work can be done now.

37.   But preparatory work, which started last month, has taken longer than expected.

38.   But the United States argued more preparatory work was needed to prevent the conference from dragging on for years.

39.   Construction of the track will not start until after the contracts are signed, but Luzhkov ordered that preparatory work begin immediately.

40.   Cosmonauts Vasily Tsibliyev and Alexander Lazutkin spent most of Wednesday examining their spacesuits and handling other preparatory work, Medvedkova said.