31.   A commercial accord was initialed two months ago but kept on hold.

32.   An Egyptian foreign ministry official said the accord could be initialed on Sunday.

33.   An accord could be initialled Wednesday, he added.

34.   An Israeli government spokesman cast doubt on reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat might meet Wednesday to initial an accord on Hebron.

35.   Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic who sought to save his war-torn country from partition acknowledged after initialing the accord that he was not fully satisfied with the deal.

36.   European Union foreign ministers and their Turkish counterpart Murat Karayalcin are due to meet Monday in Brussels to initial the accord.

37.   The official said the accord would be initialled by the chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and his Israeli counterpart Dan Shomron.

38.   The Russian Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Davidov was expected in Paris Saturday to initial the accord.

39.   The presidents of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia and Serbia initialed the accord on Tuesday following negotiations at a US military base in the midwestern state of Ohio.

40.   The sanctions were suspended after the accord was initialled in Dayton.