51.   Arafat also briefed officials in Algeria on the new pact Sunday.

52.   As an additional stimulus to investment, the new pact calls for tax reductions on company profits which are reinvested in machinery and equipment.

53.   But with that self-imposed deadline well past, no new pact seems imminent.

54.   China on Wednesday welcomed a new nuclear pact with Canada, with a state-run newspaper saying leaders from both countries looked forward to a harmonious partnership.

55.   Conference president Kenneth Rattray acknowledged Friday that the international system of accident compensation will remain an unwieldy checkerboard until all member nations adopt the new pact.

56.   Even moderate lawmakers were cautious in their view of the new pact.

57.   He said the new pact is an improvement over past compensation deals, each of which lasted only for a year.

58.   He said the new pact was open to other cooperative banks elsewhere in Europe.

59.   It was not immediately clear whether the staff reduction will be fully carried out under the new pact.

60.   Japan contends its market is open and there is no need for a new pact.