51.   In an interview Monday with Paris economic daily Les Echos, Brittan said the threatened sanctions violated world trade rules even though the Japanese market was not fully open.

52.   Both sides are hoping to thrash out a fresh bilateral textile accord and avert a threatened sanctions battle.

53.   The Philippines said Tuesday it will subject politicians and prominent personalities to body searches at its airports to escape threatened sanctions by the United States over lax security.

54.   The threatened sanctions would include restrictions or outright cancellation of US-bound flights originating from the Philippines, which would deal a severe blow to local aviation.

55.   The releases came Tuesday, on the final day of talks in London over threatened sanctions by Commonwealth countries against Nigeria for its human rights record.

56.   The United States has in the past threatened sanctions against Manila if it does not improve airport safety and security.

57.   Japan-US aviation negotiations broke down here on Saturday without reaching an accord to avoid threatened sanctions by Washington, Japanese Transport Ministry officials said.

58.   Japan and the United States remained apart in a dispute involving air cargo services on Thursday as they resumed talks here under the shadow of threatened sanctions by Washington.

59.   National Port Authority president Hugo Torrijos declined to identify the US agency or give details on the nature of the threatened sanctions.

60.   Proposed incentives include measures such as debt forgiveness and agricultural extension, while threatened sanctions include freezing assets and travel restrictions.