51.   The ministry gave no other details about the cases.

52.   The ministry gave no reason for the cancellation, but it apparently was linked to the situation in Kosovo and NATO airstrikes on Yugoslavia.

53.   This is the first time that the ministry give a total figure of human losses in its battle to hold Jaffna.

54.   His ministry gave its approval for the gene therapy on Monday.

55.   Hoon said the ministry has given one month for responses to the document and that it expected to publish some conclusions in the spring or early summer.

56.   However, the ministry did not give figures for the casualties in the pre-dawn LTTE counter offensive.

57.   However, the defense ministry will only give a definitive figure for the cost of the reform late next year, the Interfax news agency quoted Ivanov as saying.

58.   A spokesman for the ministry told AFP that the foreign ministry had given its accord in principle for the evacuation, which could also include other Russian nationals.

59.   Amidst intense lobbying by China, the Japanese foreign ministry gave a visa to the Dalai Lama on condition that he refrain from discussing political questions.

60.   But the ministry gave no figures concerning the third quarter.