41.   The hearing was part of a study the agency is preparing at the request of the House Ways and Means Committee on the sanctions.

42.   The World Bank report was handed to the Finance Ministry last week and prepared at the request of the government, according to the Al-Watan daily.

43.   He said the forces moved on information that new anti-Israeli attacks were being prepared at Qalqilya, not far from the suburbs of Tel Aviv.

44.   In an independence day message prepared at the presidential palace in Manila, the president urged the country to unite in fighting poverty, corruption and terrorism.

45.   Adede told a press conference that special cells were being prepared at Arusha prison to hold people believed to have played a key role in the genocide.

46.   The plan was prepared at the initiative of Egypt, Algeria, Turkey and Tunisia, the OIC members that are hit most hit by Islamic militant attacks.

47.   The United States asked UN Security Council members late Friday to be prepared at any moment to vote on suspending various sanctions against Haiti, UN sources said.

48.   Sampras, like other top players, is preparing at Kooyong Classic here for the defence of his Australian crown.