61.   Aliyev himself came to power in a bloodless coup last year shortly after the previous president, Abulfaz Elchibey, initialled an agreement with the western companies.

62.   But it called on the international community to ensure that UNITA also met its pledge to initial the agreement.

63.   CAAS spokeswoman Jeannie Ong told AFP that initialling the agreement meant both sides had concluded the pact.

64.   Cambodia and Germany initialled an agreement for the protection of foreign investments when Foreign Minister Ung Huot met with his German counterpart Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel in Bonn Tuesday.

65.   Delegation leaders Russian first vice-prime minister Oleg Soskovets and Marchuk initialled the agreement on a friendship treaty.

66.   The two countries also initialled an agreement on cultural cooperation.

67.   The United States and Germany on Thursday initialed an agreement aimed at ending restrictions on air travel between the two countries, German sources said.

68.   US and Vietnamese officials initialed an agreement in Hanoi Friday that will allow the United States to reclaim buildings that were seized after the US pullout from Vietnam.

69.   Israel and the PLO were battling against the clock to initial an agreement before sundown Friday to extend autonomy across the West Bank.

70.   It appeared unlikely that the two sides would initial an agreement before the start of the Jewish sabbath at sundown.