81.  Washington had delayed approval until now accusing Iraq of reneging on its commitments under the May memorandum of understanding.

82.  Washington has delayed approval until now accusing Iraq of reneging on its commitments under the memorandum of understanding signed in May.

83.  Washington has delayed approval until now accusing Iraq of reneging on its commitments under the May memorandum of understanding.

84.  Japan is considering pressing the United States to reverse its decision to delay approval of licence requests from two Japanese telecom giants, a senior government official said Thursday.

85.  Nihon Keizai said the approval could be delayed till June.

86.  Opposition parties have staged rallies urging the Seoul government to reject the new global trade agreement and protect domestic business, delaying its approval by parliament.

87.  Philippine authorities on Tuesday delayed approval for multi-billion-dollar Manila waterworks contracts amid fierce criticism of the awards.

88.  Senators have vowed major revisions in the House version of the bill which analysts say could further delay its approval.

89.  The European Commission -- the executive arm of the European Union -- has delayed approval while three scientific committees investigated the effects of the modified corn.