1.   The deadlines were extended to give interested companies more time to study the proposals, said Diego Molano, an assistant to Communications Minister Juan Manuel Turbay.

2.   Union officials said a strike deadline set for next week probably would be extended to give TWA employees time to study the proposal and to vote on it.

3.   It was extended to give the lorry owners more time to fix the contraption.

4.   The Greens said that the suspension should have been extended given the political instability in Turkey.