51.   The state Supreme Court last month provided Democrats their greatest legal victory to date when it extended by a week the date by which counties could conduct hand recounts.

52.   The Swedish government decided Tuesday to extend by three days a temporary terror insurance guarantee for airlines, overriding a decision by the office that administers government loans.

53.   U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson on Wednesday extended by a week an order that required Western energy suppliers to sell electricity to California.

54.   He added the commission planned to ask President Nelson Mandela to extend by several months the period for which amnesty can be granted to politically-motivated crimes.

55.   However the CNE could not meet RENAMO proposals to extend by another few days as this would contravene electoral law, Valgy said.

56.   Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said Tuesday it had extended by one month existing air transport arrangements between the territory and Taiwan.

57.   However the company wants to extend it by only two years instead of a union demand for indefinite extension, and to increase working hours without raising pay.

58.   In Europe, Brussels extended by one month --until November-- the suspension of export subsidies.

59.   An Israeli judge on Friday extended by a week the remand of an Israeli millionaire accused of selling chemical arms materials to Iran, judicial sources said Friday.

60.   Both men hailed the decision Monday by the UN Security Council to extend by six months its peacekeeping mission in Angola.