41.   An air force spokesman said the South African Air Force will provide transport aircraft and helipcopters if the cabinet approves the Angolan mission.

42.   Berlusconi said the cabinet had approved the broad outlines of the new bill Tuesday evening and that it would be adopted at the next cabinet meeting Thursday.

43.   Berlusconi said the cabinet had approved the broad outlines of the new bill and that it would be passed definitively at the next cabinet meeting Thursday.

44.   Chief Cabinet Secretary Koken Nosaka told a news conference the cabinet would approve the appointment on Tuesday and Matsunaga was expected to leave for Paris later this week.

45.   Cabinet had already approved the Howard plan and Fischer said it represented the best way forward for all Australians.

46.   Earlier Wednesday, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ben Amathila said the cabinet had approved a project to improve the efficiency of the transport sector.

47.   Earlier the Israeli cabinet approved partial accords to extend Palestinian autonomy on the West Bank despite warnings of security risks.

48.   The Pakistan cabinet Monday approved a draft agreement with Poland whereby the two countries would give each other most favoured nation status, officials said here Monday.

49.   The national news agency Bernama quoted Ling as saying that the cabinet approved the signing of the pact at its weekly meeting Wednesday.

50.   The new cabinet also approved a plan to slash the number of senior civil servants at the various ministries by around one-third, the source said.