11.   Zaire was expected to demand guarantees of faster repatriations before promising a permanent halt to expulsions.

12.   North Korea called for a permanent halt to the annual exercise, but Seoul and Washington said it could be resumed if the North balked at the nuclear accord.

13.   That pact offered Sinn Fein a full place in Ulster peace talks, once the IRA called a permanent halt to violence.

14.   That pact offered Sinn Fein a full place in peace talks, once the IRA called a permanent halt to violence.