41.   TWA has already reached a new pact with its Machinists union and a tentative deal with its pilots, and continues to negotiate with its flight attendants union.

42.   U.S. officials aim to reach a tentative agreement on a new pact at that meeting.

43.   Union officials said the new pact provides better pensions, wages, health care coverage and job security.

44.   West and team owner Jerry Buss were ironing out the final details of the new pact Wednesday, and an announcement is expected as soon as today.

45.   With the new pact, those concerns have been put to rest.

46.   A limited cease-fire arranged Monday was punctuated by widespread artillery and missile attacks south of the Chechen capital and both sides have expressed doubts the new pact would hold.

47.   A senior Japanese official told reporters in Tokyo that the new pact might obligate Japan to take part in a conflict in the Taiwan Strait.

48.   Abdullah said a new pact would only be effective if the government allowed foreign observers into the province to monitor it.

49.   Ahern said he believed Sinn Fein would back the new pact.

50.   And the new pact opens airports outside London to more flights from the United States.