51.   The ministry will ask retailers to keep stock books on the daily flow of five essential items if hoarding continues.

52.   The ministry will ask the European Union to help pay for the measure.

53.   The ministry also has asked all news organizations, including foreign media, to employ only journalists belonging to a government-backed union, the Indonesian Journalists Association.

54.   The ministry asked Russia to take measures to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

55.   The ministry has asked for police help in determining how many such children there might be, the Asahi reported.

56.   The ministry has asked for police help in investigating how many such youngsters there might be, the Asahi newspaper reported.

57.   The ministry has asked the U.N. Development Program to assist in bringing in a chemical expert to analyze the material.

58.   The ministry is asking local radio stations to broadcast its warning.

59.   The Russian ministry also asked that the United Nations try to broker a peace in Afghanistan.

60.   The trade ministry has asked the United States to rescind the quota cut and hold a joint investigation, the report said.