31.   Mordechai signed a coalition agreement with Barak late Thursday.

32.   Mordechai was expected to sign a coalition agreement with Barak later in the day, One Israel sources said.

33.   Moving quickly to assure a smooth transition to his new government, acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres on Tuesday signed coalition agreements with two smaller parties.

34.   Negotiations on a coalition agreement with other indigenous Fijian parties were well advanced and will be resolved by the weekend, he added.

35.   New legislators were sworn in late April, but outgoing Cabinet members stayed on while the parties worked out their coalition agreement.

36.   On his way to forming a new government, acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres signed coalition agreements with two smaller parties Tuesday.

37.   Prime Minister Tansu Ciller on Thursday renewed her coalition agreement, a stabilizing measure while the army wages a major offensive against guerrillas in northern Iraq.

38.   Prime Minister Tansu Ciller reached a coalition agreement Monday that could keep her in office a day after losing a vote of confidence.

39.   Qarase said negotiations on a coalition agreement with other indigenous Fijian parties were well advanced and will be resolved by the weekend.

40.   Sharansky has said he has lost faith in the prime minister over misguided government appointments, an improper decision-making process and failure to keep coalition agreements.