1.   Although he still has two seasons remaining on his five-year contract, Messier has the right to reopen negotiations because the team won the Stanley Cup.

2.   Although Bush has said talks could resume, the North has refused so far to reopen negotiations, either with Seoul or with Washington.

3.   Although league officials have not said they will ask the players association to reopen negotiations, they have said that the agreement could be outdated in five seasons.

4.   As for Sovereign Hill, UMass officials long maintained that they had persuaded the company to reopen negotiations in light of the apparent inequities.

5.   Barak said he would also immediately reopen negotiations with the Syrians, and resume the thorny final status talks with the Palestinians.

6.   Board President David Cantelme wrote a letter to Hill asking him to reopen contract negotiations.

7.   Both men have said they will respect the will of the voters, but they are likely to reopen negotiations with Podgorica after the elections.

8.   But the Japanese have agreed to reopen negotiations in three years.

9.   But they said there was the possibility that the new Justice Department could seek to reopen settlement negotiations.

10.   Carlos Morgado, a spokesman for UNITA, told the BBC Monday that as long as the government is unwilling to reopen negotiations, attacks would continue.