1.   Republicans want trade accords to leave U.S. businesses maximum flexibility to compete with foreign rivals.

2.   The accord left the border issue to future negotiations.

3.   The balanced-budget accord leaves little, if any, room for a reduction in the capital gains tax rate for corporations.

4.   The accord left many questions unanswered beyond Hebron.

5.   The cease-fire accords left out any mention of prisoner releases, for a number of reasons.

6.   The Israeli-Palestinian accord leaves the settlement issue for the next stage of negotiations, and Palestinians say the existing settlements should not expand in the interim period.

7.   The Israeli-Palestinian accords leave the status of Jerusalem and other core issues to negotiations on a permanent peace settlement.

8.   The Rome accord leaves open the highly unlikely possibility that Taliban leaders, who are predominantly ethnic Pashtuns, could participate in the council.

9.   And the new accord leaves plenty of room for disagreement.

10.   Essy rejected complaints that the accord left unclear who should lead the nation in the meantime, saying Ratsiraka should govern until the elections.