51.   A local human rights group, the Bosnian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, described the move Friday as a drastic violation of human rights.

52.   A senior State Department official described the move as largely symbolic because the US does not have an ambassador appointed to Afghanistan.

53.   Although details were not made available, officials and diplomats described the move as a welcome step in joining the international campaign to fight the financing of terrorism.

54.   Brittan last week described the move as contrary to the WTO rulebook and said it could jeopardize the credibility of the multilateral system.

55.   The US Retail Federation has strongly condemned US plans to slap trade sanctions on China, describing the move as both hypocritical and harmful to low-income American families.

56.   They described the move as a preventive measure to give the judge more time to determine on what Barrioneuvo will be indicted.

57.   Zagreb described the move as a big encouragement for overall relations between the two countries.

58.   Observers described the move as one of the first times the Russian state had put the interests of human lives over its own power.

59.   Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga used tough emergency laws to postpone key local elections, drawing bitter criticism from her own legislators, who described the move as undemocratic.

60.   The move is described as a trial but it is expected that customer feedback will confirm the change.