1.   Although many moderate Islamic countries have made some attempt to modernize family law, traditional practices including early marriage prevail.

2.   Argentine President Carlos Menem will send Congress a proposal to modernize labor laws, ending six months of government moderated talks between labor unions and business leaders.

3.   Argentine government efforts to modernize labor laws that business leaders say will save them millions of dollars each year have hit a snag.

4.   A bill to modernize the laws that govern the U.S. financial services industry won the approval today of the House Commerce Committee.

5.   A chief sponsor of legislation to modernize the laws governing the financial services industry said today that widespread reports that his measure is dead are dead wrong.

6.   But the idea fell out of fashion until the law was modernized a decade ago.

7.   But supporters of the legislation say they are merely trying to modernize laws that already try to restrict indecency and pornography.

8.   Citicorp helped kill the version of the bill that came before the House last week, although it said it supports the general concept of modernizing the law.

9.   It would modernize surveillance laws for tracking communications on the Internet, via cell phones, and through voice-mail.

10.   The Clinton administration formally joined the quest to modernize financial laws earlier this spring when it presented a proposal of its own.