1.   Analysts said the agreement was timed to put a favorable spin on the landmark visit to the U.S. last week by Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui.

2.   And last year, reformist Iranian President Mohammad Khatami made landmark visits to Italy and France.

3.   Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating begins Monday a landmark visit to mend fences with his Malaysian counterpart and rebuild ties soured by insensitive remarks.

4.   Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating arrived in Malaysia Monday on a landmark visit to mend fences with Malaysia and rebuild ties soured by critical comments on both sides.

5.   Chinese President Jiang Zemin began a landmark visit to Iran on Thursday near the capital of ancient Persia before opening talks with Iranian leaders.

6.   Diplomatic sources said both sides had yet to reach any concrete agreement on the landmark visit.

7.   Greek Cypriot pilgrims make landmark visit to Turkish-held area.

8.   Senior U.S. Jewish leaders, on a landmark visit to Qatar, indicated Saturday that establishing commercial interest links between Israel and the Gulf state may be imminent.

9.   The Americans, and the Iranian organizers, have stressed the athletic rather than the diplomatic aspect of the landmark visit.

10.   Syrian President Bashar Assad will make a landmark visit to Beirut on Sunday to hold talks with his opposite number in Lebanon over the Israeli-Palestinian crisis.