1.   At the moment the annual summit is little more than an expensive talking shop.

2.   Twenty-one heads of state will meet at the annual World Trade summit.

3.   The Group of Seven major industrial countries concluded its annual summit meeting today.

4.   Overfishing by foreign vessels and toxic waste dumping were also major causes for concern at their annual summit.

5.   Along with Helmut Kohl and Jacques Chirac and Boris Yeltsin and all the rest of the international leaders, he will attend the annual economic summit here.

6.   As in past years, the seventh annual summit spans two days, with a day of lectures and workshops followed by a day of service.

7.   As leaders of Pacific Rim countries gathered Tuesday in this sultanate for their annual summit meeting, many faced uncertainties at home that cast shadows over the conference.

8.   Both Habibie and Alatas canceled longstanding plans to attend the annual summit meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Council, which began Wednesday in Auckland, New Zealand.

9.   Added to this sustained international pressure is the fact that the annual summit meeting of Commonwealth countries will be in New Zealand in November.