1.   Five months later, the Maharashtra government suspended work, contending the project was too expensive.

2.   As criticism grew louder, the government suspended the project and said it would study the matter.

3.   By midweek, the clamor to sell rubles was so loud that the government suspended trading, and investors responded by sending Russian stocks into a freefall.

4.   During the Asian crisis, the government suspended land sales to stabilize prices.

5.   Earlier this month, the government suspended a score of high-ranking port officials on corruption charges.

6.   Earlier in the week the government suspended efforts to defend its currency, the won, which plunged in value.

7.   Foreign Minister Jose Miguel Insulza announced Friday that the government was suspending all diplomatic contacts with Britain and Spain.

8.   If this does not happen, the government can suspend the assembly and restore direct rule from London.

9.   In a temporary break for salaried workers, the government will suspend plans to increase the financial burden of company employees in a reformed medical insurance system.