21.   The Rome meeting also reportedly yielded agreement on new rules about arresting war criminals.

22.   The Palestinians claim Netanyahu is trying to change agreements signed by his dovish predecessors, and two-month-old talks on the issue have not yielded agreement.

23.   The United Nations also reported that a meeting in central Bosnia Monday yielded agreement with Bosnian government and Croat commanders on more freedom of movement for peacekeepers.

24.   The summit between Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin a month ago yielded an agreement to stop aiming nuclear missiles at each other.

25.   The U.S.-China summit between President Bill Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin a month ago yielded an agreement to stop aiming nuclear missiles at each other.

26.   Those talks yielded an agreement in October under which North Korea promised to freeze its nuclear program, eventually dismantle its reactor, and allow inspections of nuclear sites.

27.   Two days of peace talks earlier this week in neighboring Uzbekistan failed to yield an agreement.

28.   Two days of peace talks in neighboring Uzbekistan failed to yield an agreement last week, and fighting has intensified since then.

29.   Washington had hoped that the frequent talks would yield some agreement before U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Texas in November.

30.   He said talks were held Wednesday but yielded no agreement and would resume Thursday.