31.   It also lacks agreement on sensitive issues such as capital punishment, abortion and property ownership.

32.   New laws to define the parameters of foreign property ownership also must be approved by a two-thirds majority.

33.   Parliament has agreed to begin work on amendments loosening control on property ownership, a step toward reaching an association agreement with the European Union.

34.   Parliament overwhelmingly passed a revised bill Wednesday that continues to place multiple restrictions on property ownership, and Kremlin officials immediately assailed the measure.

35.   The government could show its seriousness by involving several ministries and governmental offices to make uniform regulations on property ownership by foreigners, he said.

36.   While the category of nationality stops short of granting full Mexican citizenship, it ends restrictions on property ownership and investment that apply to foreigners.

37.   Yeltsin won re-election last year, and has been using his second term to push a moderate reform agenda, including expanding private property ownership.

38.   He is also suspected of having breached Swiss laws on property ownership by foreigners, and illegally settling in Switzerland.

39.   His new land law, he said, would be launched with the distribution of documents among the poor allocating property ownership.

40.   The report noted that restrictions on investment were limited to armament manufacturing, news media, telecommunications, broadcasting, property ownership and domestic banks.