81.   Yeltsin also refused to slap sanctions against Croatia, Interfax agency said, quoting his office.

82.   Japanese Transport Minister Makoto Koga protested Thursday against a US decision to slap sanctions on Japanese cargo vessels for alleged restrictive port practices.

83.   Japan and Australia issued statements saying they would not follow the US example in slapping sanctions on Burma, although both have criticized Rangoon for its human rights record.

84.   Tanzania is the only African nation to have followed through on a pledge made at a regional summit to slap economic sanctions against Burundi, analysts noted here Monday.

85.   Tensions flared over US-Canadian trade relations Monday as Washington hinted it might slap sanctions on Ottawa in a row over magazine distribution.

86.   Switzerland said Tuesday it was slapping sanctions on Zimbabwe, including a freeze on financial assets which might be held by government officials in Swiss banks.

87.   That regulation gives US Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen the power to slap sanctions on countries which he decides have unfair securities practices.

88.   The European Union has already pulled out its observers after it slapped sanctions on Mugabe earlier this week.