1.   After about a week of committee staff discussions, the bill remained stalled over a number of controversial water projects in the House version.

2.   FDA reviewers will make their presentation next, followed by committee discussion and a vote later this afternoon.

3.   In addition, Greenwald routinely removes himself from committee discussions about his own compensation, Kiker said.

4.   The company will now present its studies, followed by a presentation by FDA reviewers and then committee discussion.

5.   Israel army radio said Netanyahu and Arafat spoke by phone Wednesday evening and confirmed the need to move forward with committee discussions.

6.   Israel army radio said Netanyahu and Arafat spoke by phone on Wednesday evening and confirmed the need to move forward with committee discussions.

7.   Leo Moggie also said Malaysia is considering a proposal from the French Government to reactivate joint committee discussions on telecommunications.

8.   After six months of committee discussions, parliament is due to consider a draft bill on advertising before the end of the year.

9.   According to the Norwegian news agency NTB, the committee discussions went smoothly and the five had little trouble uniting on a winner.