1.   In his speech Shevardnadze declared his readiness to talk about a final legal settlement rather than a peace treaty to mark the end of the Second World War.

2.   These negotiations would work towards the conclusion of a two-phase agreement in which Palestinians would first have an interim period of self-rule before negotiating a final settlement with Israel.

3.   In both cases, the clearing house announces the final settlement or the exchange delivery settlement price on the last trading day.

4.   In the case where the long elects for cash settlement, he simply receives the sum of money in his margin account as final settlement.

5.   This sum is handed over by the long to the short in final settlement.

6.   What prompted the court to transform what was an appeal against an interim relief order into a final settlement?

7.   The petrochemicals company Exxon have reached an agreement with the Alaskan and US federal governments on a final settlement of the legal action over the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

8.   An important part of the proposals, if accepted, would commit both Israel and the Palestinians to accelerated negotiations, which Netanyahu favors, on a final settlement.

9.   And both sides would begin accelerated negotiations on a final settlement between them, to be finished before next May.