31.   A negotiator for the government, Navin Gooneratne, said both sides must exchange more documents before the agreement can be finalized.

32.   ACB chief executive Malcolm Speed said in a statement that the board and the ACA had finalized their agreement at a meeting in Sydney on Tuesday.

33.   Among the accords, officials hope the two countries will finalize an agreement on double taxation protection.

34.   An IMF delegation has been finalizing the agreement over the last week, and Camdessus arrived in Moscow Thursday night to hold more negotiations with Chernomyrdin.

35.   An Israeli official said Wednesday that the agreement was not finalized and differences were left to the two leaders.

36.   An Israeli official said Wednesday that the package agreement was not finalized and differences were left to the two leaders.

37.   Barak said he would do this unilaterally if a peace agreement with the Palestinians cannot be finalized.

38.   Bill Gates, CEO of the information technology giant, is coming to Manila to finalize these agreements.

39.   Bosnian Croat and Muslim negotiators met in Germany on Friday to finalize an agreement to unify their police, local governments and eventually their armies.

40.   But Annan hoped to finalize an agreement that could be signed before he leaves the Iraqi capital Monday afternoon, U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said.