1.   Bush faces pressure from US allies over his controversial decisions to abandon the Kyoto global warming pact and accelerate work on a missile defense system.

2.   He also repeated a longstanding Indian offer to foreswear nuclear arms as part of a global pact binding the United States and other nuclear powers to abandon their arsenals.

3.   These include a global pact on climate change and a plan to reduce power plant emissions.

4.   To be sure, a majority of Republicans still appears likely to support the global pact when it eventually comes to a vote.

5.   A bid to seal a global pact outlawing nuclear test explosions hinged Monday on whether the United States and China could achieve a breakthrough, diplomats said.

6.   A global pact outlawing nuclear tests for all time will be opened for signing in the coming weeks despite Indian opposition to the accord, negotiators said Tuesday.

7.   A global pact would require countries to remove restrictions which prevent foreign companies from operating in their markets.

8.   A global pact to end nuclear testing appeared to edge closer Tuesday as the United States and China both spoke of progress in bi-lateral talks.

9.   A global pact to end nuclear testing inched closer to fruition Tuesday as China and the United States reported some progress in talks.

10.   After two years of blocking the global pact, U.S. Senate Republican leaders in Washington have reversed course.