21.   The attack was the first major engagement close to Luanda.

22.   For Barak it will be his first official engagements abroad since being sworn in on Wednesday.

23.   He then sped off in the presidential limousine to his first engagement, a visit to a Belfast factory, the Mackie Metal Plant.

24.   He then sped off in the presidential limousine to his first engagement, a visit to a Belfast factory.

25.   Sampras said he would hit for an hour on Sunday to maintain touch for his first round engagement with Italian Gianluca Pozzi in the Australian Open.

26.   The defeat left New Zealand without a win in the tournament, their first engagement on a twin-tour to conclude with a Test series in South Africa.

27.   The first engagements took place there on Saturday night.

28.   The first major engagement to be postponed will be the meeting of the defence council, which was to discuss the politically explosive subject of military reform on Wednesday.

29.   The French president is scheduled to meet Chancellor Helmut Kohl later on Thursday for his first international engagement since being sworn in on Wednesday.