71.   Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto was expected to meet with opposition New Frontier Party leader Ichiro Ozawa Wednesday evening to finalise details of the compromise agreement, the reports said.

72.   Portugal said it did not support the compromise agreement, but would go along with it, Portuguese diplomatic sources revealed.

73.   The announcement came after Pakistan lifted its objections, and the compromise agreement was to be formally adopted later Friday.

74.   The compromise agreement calls for convening an assembly that will have three months to draft and adopt a new constitution.

75.   The compromise agreement must still be ratified Friday by the full parliament.

76.   The compromise agreement was to be formally adopted later Friday.

77.   The EU countries held intensive negotiations with their foreign ministers and other Arab countries earlier Tuesday to hammer out a compromise agreement.

78.   The following is the text of the compromise agreement which formed part of the final resolutions adopted at the close of the two-day summit in Beirut.

79.   The president of a UN conference seeking to limit the use of anti-personnel mines said Friday a compromise agreement on a partial ban could be agreed next week.