11.   Clinton wants a green light from President Vladimir Putin to alter a landmark treaty banning national defenses against missiles.

12.   Danes historically have been lukewarm supporters of the EU and approved the landmark Maastricht treaty only after Denmark was allowed to opt out from the unified currency system.

13.   Democratic leaders argue against spending billions more on a system that may not work and would violate a landmark treaty.

14.   Eager to mend ties with President Bill Clinton, Russian President Boris Yeltsin agrees to consider revising a landmark treaty banning development of missile-defense systems.

15.   He said that the Senate vote does not end his advocacy for the landmark treaty and that he would try to revive it.

16.   Helms was a leader in the conservative effort that resulted last week in the Senate defeat of a landmark international test ban treaty.

17.   Maskhadov and Russian President Boris Yeltsin on Monday signed a landmark peace treaty, formally ending the two-year war between Russia and Chechnya.

18.   George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin signed Friday a landmark nuclear disarmament treaty.

19.   African nations signed a landmark treaty declaring their continent free of nuclear weapons on Thursday.

20.   Britain said Thursday it was in favour of a total ban on all nuclear testing after a landmark treaty is introduced next year.