11.   Other setbacks included the decisions by Indonesia and Singapore to resume diplomatic relations with China, without either government having formal relations with Taiwan.

12.   The Senate was expected to endorse the decision by the end of the month.

13.   A council of Supreme Soviet chairmen would meet twice yearly, taking decisions by consensus.

14.   However, subsequent decisions by the Slovak National Council threw doubt on the viability of the agreement.

15.   Army Minister Gen. Carlos Tinoco Ribeiro Gomes dismissed fears of an intervention by the military, stating that the armed forces would abide by any decision by the Congress.

16.   Delegates agreed only to postpone action until after a decision by the UN General Assembly.

17.   The council of research ministers is expected to reach a decision by the beginning of June.

18.   Nevertheless it promises better information to guide patients, guidelines for clinical practice and wiser decisions by policy-makers and purchasers of health care.

19.   Last night parents in the North of Scotland gathered to protest at the decision by Dornoch Academy to opt out of local authority control.