1.   Britain said it was ready to lift the sanctions at once.

2.   In addition to abolishing the speed limit, the bill lifted federal sanctions against states without motorcycle helmet laws.

3.   Mr Haider resigned as party leader in April in the hope that sanctions would be lifted.

4.   Washington has since refused to lift sanctions.

5.   The E.U. will not lift its sanctions until that country makes political changes.

6.   Economic sanctions will be lifted once two-thirds of their forces have pulled out.

7.   Trade sanctions should be lifted once transitional arrangements had been agreed enabling all parties in South Africa to participate in negotiations.

8.   The move coincided with announcements by the governments of Thailand and the Philippines that they were lifting economic sanctions.

9.   Iraq is denying that the move is a bid to have sanctions lifted.

10.   Although assessments vary, Iraq would probably need only a few years to build a nuclear weapon after sanctions were lifted.