1.  Many lawmakers have urged that congressional approval be linked to human rights.

2.  The Clinton administration is considering linking approval of a capital gains tax cut to a proposal to close this loophole.

3.  Iraq has linked approval of the plan to the resumption of oil exports under the next part of the oil-for-food deal.

4.  The opposition Social Democrats had linked approval for such an increase with a simultaneous increase in fuel taxes, but indicated Friday they were willing to compromise.

5.  The main conservative opposition party has linked their approval to more funding for the military.

6.  But he denied a suggestion by his German counterpart, Gunther Rexrodt, that France had linked approval for the deal to help for its shipbuilding industry.