41.   It also condemned plans for a resumption of high-level talks between Israel and the Palestinians that could lead to an Arafat summit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

42.   Iraq condemned Tuesday plans for US-mediated talks aimed at ending the fighting between Kurdish factions in northern Iraq, calling the move interference in its internal affairs.

43.   Bahrain Sunday condemned Israeli plans to build Jewish housing in disputed east Jerusalem as an obstacle to the Middle East peace process.

44.   Britain and the United States have condemned Chinese plans to repeal Hong Kong laws on human rights and civil liberties after the handover.

45.   But China immediately condemned the plan, saying Cambodia needed its permission before entering into such an agreement.

46.   But Washington at the same time twice vetoed UN Security Council resolutions condemning the plan, drawing angry Palestinian criticism.

47.   Environmentalist groups and others have condemned the plan, pointing out that the platform contains radioactive and toxic waste.

48.   The Palestinians condemned the plan as an escalation.

49.   The plan was widely condemned by world powers which have been trying to reduce tension in the region.

50.   The United Nations has condemned the plan and warned Croatia that it would be in breach of the Geneva convention on refugees in at least two respects.