51.   A government-appointed commission began work Monday on a plan to combat the disease in Germany with the aim of issuing recommendations on consumer protection by summer.

52.   A commission of inquiry began hearing testimony Wednesday on allegations that hundreds of children of Yemenite Jewish immigrants to Israel were snatched for illegal adoption.

53.   A judicial commission began hearing private testimony Saturday on how the military compiled the report.

54.   A judicial commission began holding closed hearings Saturday on how the military compiled the report.

55.   A government-appointed commission began work Monday on a plan to combat mad cow disease.

56.   A parliamentary commission on Wednesday began deliberating whether former Premier Tansu Ciller should be tried for corruption.

57.   A government commission begins its investigation into ethnic massacres in northeastern Burundi amid reports of fresh killings.

58.   A U.S. commission began an audit of Swiss banks last year to search for the assets of Holocaust victims.

59.   Also in March, a commission began returning communal property to the Jewish community.

60.   Chechen Electoral Commission chairman Kermin Arsakhanov told the Interfax news agency that the commission would begin registering candidates for the Chechen leadership race on Wednesday.