41.  Kabila and Mobutu held inconclusive talks Sunday, and Mobutu asked for time to consider a list of rebel demands, including his immediate and unconditional departure from power.

42.  Mr Cheng revealed the bank needed more time to consider the appointment of a chief executive.

43.  Negotiators for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Monday night that they needed more time to consider the offer and scheduled a meeting for Tuesday afternoon.

44.  On Monday, Africans asked for more time to consider endorsing someone other than Boutros-Ghali.

45.  Outmanned, the Serbs offered for the first time to consider submitting to some degree of Croatian authority.

46.  Stephen Byers, the secretary of state for transport, has asked for more time to consider the scheme.

47.  Talks in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend failed to reach a truce, and mediators said Ecuador wanted more time to consider peace proposals.

48.  The commission president said she needed more time to consider feedback from residents and businesses.

49.  The EU Commission said it needed more time to consider banning on live pig sales from several regions of the Netherlands to counter a widening outbreak of swine fever.

50.  The EU Commission said it needed more time to consider banning live pig sales from several regions of the Netherlands which are affected by the disease.