41.   Without the support of such major exporters, any protocol would have been meaningless.

42.   Powell repeated that the Kyoto protocol was not acceptable to the United States.

43.   Powell repeated that the protocol was not acceptable to the United States.

44.   An optional protocol is a treaty in its own right and is open to signature, accession or ratification by parties to the main treaty.

45.   EU Commissioner Joao de Deus Pinheiro said the protocol signed Thursday was similar to agreements reached with Eritrea and Ethiopia last week.

46.   If SETI does succeed in detecting a signal, standard protocol is that they verify it with another observatory, then notify the International Astronomical Union, Shostak said.

47.   In Britain, Pearson said so many governments want a stronger treaty that a new protocol could be adopted without the United States.

48.   In the end, the protocol is unlikely to do more than recommend ways to achieve mandated reductions.

49.   On Tuesday, Secretary of State Colin Powell reaffirmed that the protocol was not acceptable to the United States.

50.   Ten other protocols signed are on cooperation in judiciary, oil, tourism, agricultural and fishery.