31.   Negotiations in Colombia and Cuba produced a tentative accord in December to clear out troops and police from San Pablo and Cantagallo, two nearby towns in Bolivar State.

32.   Russian delegation head Vyacheslav Mikhailov said Saturday that the sides had finally reached a tentative accord.

33.   Russian negotiator Vyacheslav Mikhailov said Saturday that the two sides had finally reached a tentative accord.

34.   That month, the two sides a tentative accord on rebel demands for better health services, education, housing and respect for indigenous communities.

35.   Tentative accords had been reached with the two of three bargaining units, according to sources familiar with the talks.

36.   The EU executive Commission and Morocco have already reached a tentative accord, and any major changes in the EU position would require reopening talks with Morocco.

37.   The political deal, which calls for eliminating two Cabinet posts to signal a commitment to government streamlining, follows a tentative accord reached last month.

38.   The process has been delayed, however, by the disagreements over privacy and community lending requirements for banks, which had earlier been ironed out in tentative accords.

39.   The principal syndicate of truck company owners rejected a tentative accord on salary issues reached over the weekend.

40.   The tentative accord also calls for legal reforms of the financial system, such as regulations governing bankruptcies.