51. Vietnam and the United States initialled an agreement last Friday to return former diplomatic properties. 52. Fujimori initialled the agreements at the Inter-American Development Bank here. 53. In addition, Iraq has initialled an agreement for joint production in the Ahdab field with the China National Petroleum Corporation and the Chinese military-industrial company Norinco. 54. Israel and the PLO initialled the agreement on Sunday, under which Israeli troops will pull out of Palestinian towns ahead of self-rule elections. 55. Initialling the agreement for UNITA was its secretary general, Euginio Manuvakola, while Faustino Muteka did so for the government. 56. Iraq has also initialled an agreement for joint production in the Ahdab field with the China National Petroleum Corporation and the Chinese military-industrial company Norinco. 57. It has already initialled agreements with Morocco and Tunisia. 58. Israel and the PLO worked against the clock to wrap up final details and initial an agreement before sundown Friday to extend autonomy across the West Bank. 59. A senior Palestinian official said the summit meeting between Netanyahu and Arafat to initial an agreement was now considered unlikely before Tuesday. 60. After months of negotiation and several missed deadlines, Israel and the PLO initial an agreement on extending self-rule across the rest of the West Bank. |