1.   Members of the senior management within the health service have The Northern Echo that they believe the merger question will crop up once the purchasing consortiums have begun operating.

2.   So the project is already two months behind schedule, and only now will the consortium begin negotiating the supply contract with North Korea.

3.   The consortium will begin distributing fliers announcing the trial to coffeehouses, bars and stores.

4.   This year, a consortium of companies began the first of several planned exploratory wells to see what lies inside.

5.   A European consortium began work only four years ago, but has created standards for satellite, cable, microwave, interactive and broadcast transmission.

6.   The two consortiums have not begun extracting the oil.

7.   Under the agreement, the European consortium would begin cooperation on the project immediately a firm decision was taken in June.