1.  Clinton told the Salvadoran parliament on Wednesday that he would try to enforce the law in a way that grants equal treatment to all political refugees from the region.

2.  Schmelzer added that the estate tax already grants special treatment, such as extended payment plans and special deductions, to farmers and small business owners.

3.  The initiative is designed to abolish programs that grant preferential treatment based on race, sex or ethnicity in state employment, education and contracting.

4.  McCallion also said Canada is evaluating Caribbean requests to grant duty-free treatment to crucial exports, including textiles, footwear and petroleum products.

5.  Ramamurthy urged his Iraqi counterpart, Lt. Gen. Amer Mohammed Rashid, to grant preferential treatment to participating Indian companies.

6.  The detainees became upset because high-profile Cuban athletes are granted special treatment and leave the camp quickly.

7.  The move reverses policy to date, which granted special treatment to foreign investors on case-by-case basis.

8.  Under the trade agreement, the Caribbean, with the exception of smaller eastern Caribbean states, would have to grant preferential treatment to Colombian goods after three years.

9.  Vigna called for an international crackdown on the new Mafia connections and said an Italian law granting special treatment to mafiosi cooperating with the police could be improved.

10.  Such preferential treatment is currently granted to industrial products but not to farm products.