1.   The French government also authorized the charter company Air Libert to begin direct flights between Paris and Phnom Penh -- the first Western country to do so.

2.   Hussein Kamil, had confirmed that his government had also authorized the departure of all Soviet experts, regardless of whether or not their contracts had expired.

3.   All presidential speeches and foreign trips have to be cleared by the government, but the government could authorize him to stay involved in the Northern peace talks.

4.   Castro is allowing people to openly trade U.S. dollars, and the government has authorized private restaurants and other small business to operate.

5.   Enron Corp. said it learned the Maharashtra government had authorized talks on new terms for its canceled power project.

6.   Former President F.W. de Klerk categorically denied Wednesday that his government ever authorized killings or torture in its effort to combat anti-apartheid forces.

7.   Grief-stricken and angry, people at Beit Hagai call on the Israeli government to authorize tougher military retaliation against the Palestinians.

8.   In Mexico, the government must authorize any telephone rate increases by Telmex because it holds a monopoly on wired-telephone calls.

9.   In Mexico, the government must authorize any telephone rate increases.

10.   In the past, the government had authorized the use of fines to correct minor violations.