11.   British Gas and Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales have a provisional agreement, but they need the imprimatur of both governments.

12.   But although a provisional agreement was reached, subsequent meetings to finalise the discussions have been postponed.

13.   But the provisional agreement on this is fragile and it could easily be broken if it gets tangled up in the broader aid debate.

14.   But League officials presented a new offer at talks, leading to the provisional agreement.

15.   The other provisions of the provisional agreement on autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza should be rapidly put into effect.

16.   Unification Ministry officials in Seoul said that North Korea and Thailand completed a provisional agreement on rice sales last week.

17.   Mexican rebels concluded consultations on a provisional agreement to end their uprising but announced no decision, according to a guerrilla statement released here Monday.

18.   Ramos informed the OIC chief of his two-day travel to Mindanao earlier this month to marshal popular support for the provisional agreement.

19.   Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev was scheduled to visit Brussels next week to sign a provisional agreement between Russia and the European Union.