1.   Brazil wants Mercosur trade bloc members to advocate a go-slow approach at talks on creating a hemispheric free-trade zone next week, government officials said.

2.   Bloc Quebecois parliament members accused her of theatrics and said she was crying crocodile tears after denying Quebec more powers.

3.   Bloc members are scheduled to discuss complaints by Barbados and other members about unfair intra-regional trade practices at a meeting in June.

4.   He said the bloc members would consider taking Cabinet posts, provided they were offered significant positions with a chance to make policy changes.

5.   In particular, he has suggested that EU expansion eastward, to include former Soviet bloc members, could be delayed.

6.   It gave him added cause to allay fears of the former Soviet bloc members that NATO was still moving to include them in an expansion.

7.   Le Gouge favored the Russians despite an obvious technical error, joining judges from former Eastern bloc members Russia, Poland, Ukraine and China.

8.   Le Gougne favored the Russians despite an obvious technical error, joining judges from former Eastern bloc members Russia, Poland, Ukraine and China.

9.   Moawia al-Masri, an Islamic bloc member of the Palestinian parliament said the detentions are humiliating for any Palestinian.

10.   On the other hand, the panel recommended that Barbados try to correct its trade deficit with Trinidad and Tobago, a larger bloc member.