41.   The ethics code provides certain restrictions on accepting jobs or contracts that could affect the independent judgment of an employee of the state executive branch.

42.   The Italian Cycling Federation lifted a week-old suspension of cycling events in the country on Saturday after a doping ethics code was approved.

43.   The IAPA said Venezuela pressures journalists to be licensed and that a government-proposed ethics code is actually an attempt to assert more control over the media.

44.   The lawmakers lobbied by Portnoy were not identified in the settlement, but Plofsky said they did not violate state ethics codes because they were being misled.

45.   The suspension would last until an ethics code for cycling is drafted and approved, the ANSA news agency quoted committee president Gianni Petrucci as saying Tuesday.