41.   Dureza said the mercury ban was announced after the continuing findings of children and even health workers showing a heavy concentration of mercury in the blood and hair samples.

42.   Erismann-Peyer said the bank had announced the ban to its employees dealing directly with customer accounts.

43.   Following the weekend fire, President Toledo announced a ban on the production, importation and sale of fireworks.

44.   Germany announced a ban on certain sheep and goat parts from France and Britain Wednesday to protect consumers from mad cow disease.

45.   Government officials announced the ban Saturday evening after Defense Minister Jean-Pol Poncelet demanded the investigation into air show security.

46.   However, South Korea on Sunday announced a ban on imports of Japanese beef and other cattle parts.

47.   Hundreds of smokers jeered -- and kept smoking -- at one Sacramento tavern when the ban was announced.

48.   In addition, there were reports of harassment of a Muslim charity, and Bosnian Serbs announced a ban on land shipments to Sarajevo next week.

49.   In announcing the ban by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, vice president Xu Zhihong said the cloning of a sheep by Scottish scientists presented a dilemma for researchers.

50.   Iran on Wednesday announced a ban on importing cigarettes, chocolate and a string of other goods.