1.   And the proposed accord left vastly more questions than it answered.

2.   Countries including Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand have been slow to present liberalization measures for inclusion in the proposed accord.

3.   Even if the proposed accord is approved, other contentious issues would remain.

4.   Moore said he and fellow attorney generals are working with lawmakers he declined to identify to draft their proposed accord into legislation that could be introduced in Congress.

5.   The proposed accord calls for broad changes in the way cigarette companies do business.

6.   The proposed accord offers Kosovo autonomy for the next three years, and leaves its fate after that uncertain.

7.   Turning its back on the proposed accord is the latest in Bush administration policy positions that have run counter to European thinking.

8.   U.S. negotiations with Japan to settle a port dispute stalled after Japanese officials objected to demands for monitoring the proposed accord, industry officials said.

9.   Yet U.S. tobacco giants, under the proposed accord, still would be free to increase the sale of their product overseas.

10.   A proposed military accord with the United States will help the Philippines deal with disasters and curb environmental damage as well as train soldiers, officials said Sunday.