61.   The agreement marks the realisation of a long-held ambition for Murdoch, who has spent recent years painstakingly building good relations with the communist regime.

62.   The agreement also marked an important step towards ending the Multi-Fiber Arrangement, which governed international textile trade through bilateral quota arrangements.

63.   The agreements marked a new chapter in relations between India and China, which have not previously collaborated in front-line technology.

64.   The defence technology agreement will mark the second military cooperation deal between Turkey and Israel this year.

65.   The Geneva agreement marked the end of a unitary Bosnia, he said.