51.   Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher told reporters that his government was pressing the Israelis to stop such actions as destroying Palestinian homes.

52.   Even as the U.S. government presses Israel to halt Jewish settlement building in the West Bank, it is giving tax breaks to Americans who privately fund the settlements.

53.   Fischler had said earlier he wanted the U.S. government to press Georgia to ease its restrictions on horses infected with piroplasmosis, a tick-borne disease.

54.   Foreign governments have pressed Mugabe to restore the rule of law.

55.   Gore noted in particular that the Swiss government was pressing ahead with work to create a multibillion-dollar solidarity fund to help victims of natural disasters and inhumanity.

56.   He also said the government would press ahead with market reforms as soon as the situation was stabilized.

57.   He said his government would press ahead regardless of the opinion polls.

58.   He said the government would press ahead with market reforms despite calls from hard-line opposition groups to reverse them.

59.   He said the government would press Hanoi to speed up the repatriation process and is seeking to set up a Hong Kong centre in Vietnam to screen the illegals.

60.   Ilijas is one of the two Serb-held areas that may become isolated if the government presses its current offensive.