1.   Other options remaining open include the possibility of allowing abortion on legal or social grounds, the cabinet said.

2.   A timeframe for carrying out liberalization of the electricity market itself remains to be determined, the cabinet said.

3.   But the cabinet said the tragic death of the woman was not his personal mistake, allowing him to continue on the job.

4.   During the height of the international outcry last week, the cabinet said it was ready to participate in discussions on setting up such a fund.

5.   However the Palestinian cabinet said in a statement that the meeting would involve cabinet ministers.

6.   The cabinet said existing Swiss laws preventing the sale of weapons to war zones are among the strictest in the world and the ban should be rejected.

7.   The cabinet said banking secrecy already has been modified so that it cannot be used to hide criminal assets.

8.   The cabinet said it wants to support hydroelectric plants.

9.   The rest of the excess gold would remain the property of the central bank, the cabinet said.

10.   The Palestinian cabinet said Israel must withdraw from east Jerusalem, which would become the Palestinian capital.