1.   Higher prices and pending legislation removing government curbs on planting are likely to encourage farmers to grow more.

2.   Pakistan on Friday urged the United States and other Western nations to remove curbs on its exports to help this poor South Asian nation revive its ailing economy.

3.   Both China and Russia have struck deals to develop oil fields in Iraq but have said they will only start when U.N. curbs on investment are removed.

4.   Guerrilla chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, in a letter to Ms. Kumaratunga last week, said the government must also remove curbs on fishing off the northern coast.

5.   Guerrilla chief, Vellupillai Prabhakaran, in a message over the rebel radio Friday, said the government must also remove curbs on Tamils fishing off the northern coast.

6.   Officials said the curb would be removed before the qualifying.

7.   Vellupillai Prabhakaran, in a message over the rebel radio Friday, said the government must also remove curbs on Tamils fishing off the northern coast.

8.   A year earlier, the ministry removed curbs on apple shipments from New Zealand.

9.   It will also remove curbs on operations of investment trusts and pensions.

10.   The principles were seen by analysts here as directed at Taiwanese businessmen who have blamed the government for failing to remove all curbs on economic contacts with China.