61.   Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo said the Palestinian Authority was doing all it could to prevent attacks and punitive measures by Israel would only backfire.

62.   Palestinians protest the punitive measures.

63.   Palestinian officials said they would believe that the Israeli attitude had truly changed only when punitive measures such as the closure of their areas come to an end.

64.   After four hours of talks, Israel agreed to ease some punitive measures against the Palestinians on Sunday, the army said.

65.   American peacekeepers imposed punitive measures on a Serb community in Kosovo where riots erupted last month, NATO-led peacekeepers said Saturday.

66.   Another major loophole in the Convention which should be addressed is the absence of punitive measures to punish those involved in illegal trafficking of hazardous wastes.

67.   Asman said the university would not take punitive measures against the students involved in rallies.

68.   Asean may scale down importations to countries outside the region as a punitive measure to stem its currency crisis.

69.   Being on the Watch List carries no punitive measures, but highlights the country as violating patents and copyrights.

70.   But Albright said the United States has enough support within the Security Council to keep the punitive measures in place.