61.  Such a sale would open the way for European industrial groups to raise their participation in Arianespace.

62.  Technically, the WEU is the only European group empowered to perform military operations.

63.  The Germans were hoping they would avoid the Bulgarians again in the ever more complicated European group structure.

64.  The European group is made up of Finland, Sweden, Germany and the Czech Republic.

65.  The Dutch now lead their European group with a maximum of nine points out of three games.

66.  The four European group winners qualify automatically for the World Cup while the four runners-up enter two-leg playoffs to determine two others.

67.  The nine European group winners qualify directly, while the nine runners-up go into a playoff round to determine the other five qualifiers.

68.  The move would greatly accelerate a process that has been exploited by European militant groups in the past.

69.  The nine European group winners advance automatically to the finals.

70.  The top team in each of the nine European groups and the best second-place side automatically qualify.