1.   It also approved a decree protecting foreign investment in Albania against expropriation and permitting the repatriation of profits.

2.   The decree must be approved by the new Parliament, which is expected to convene by mid-July.

3.   The decree was approved by U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who is presiding without a jury over the current case.

4.   The government and the company responded by getting Sporkin thrown off the case and found a new judge to approve the decree, which, indeed, proved ineffective.

5.   Parliament then approved the decree without discussion.

6.   Bodi said he thought Parliament should approve the decrees as the government proposed the borrowing scheme to achieve debt restructuring, which would benefit the public as a whole.

7.   Government approves decree enabling extradition of Milosevic to war crimes tribunal, Information Minister says.

8.   In Spain, which recorded its first case of mad cow disease earlier this week, the cabinet approved a decree Friday creating a committee to monitor the disease.

9.   Instead the assembly merely approved a decree to reduce the number of seats the military will have in Parliament.

10.   Instead, the assembly merely approved a decree to reduce the number of seats the military will have in Parliament.