101.   He announced during the interview that if elected he would accept the peace agreements already signed with the Palestinians but would not deal their president, Yasser Arafat.

102.   He also welcomed the resumption of the Sino-US dialogue on human rights, announced during the recent visit here of US Commerce Secretary Ron Brown.

103.   A new host is expected to be announced during the IAAF council meeting in Gothenburg in Sweden at the end of May.

104.   According to the Turan news agency, Aliyev announced during a meeting on Sunday with the Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan that he would travel to Iran in May.

105.   Also announced during the week was an increase in reserve requirements.

106.   Amid a flurry of diplomatic activity, Russia said Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev would announce during the meeting that Moscow was opposed to a UN pullout from Bosnia.

107.   British Prime Minister John Major had announced during his own visit to Russia last February that the Queen planned to accept the invitation.

108.   Brundtland of the Labour Party abruptly announced during a parliamentary question-and-answer session on Wednesday that she would resign on Friday.

109.   Clinton announced during the final stages of the Hebron negotiations that he had invited both Arafat and Netanyahu to Washington, but no dates for the visits were set.

110.   Earlier Friday, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji announced during a press conference to mark the end of the annual parliamentary session that an agreement had been reached.