1.   Damascus-based diplomats say it is unlikely that Syria would expel members of the radical groups, even after a signed peace.

2.   Arafat is hoping international pressure will force the new Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to honor already signed peace accords.

3.   Arafat said he wanted new Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to move swiftly in carrying out signed peace deals.

4.   Free elections for a bicameral legislature are to be held within six-to-nine months of a signed peace agreement, expected next month in Paris.

5.   Israel was scheduled to withdraw troops in March, according to signed peace agreements but delayed due to a series of suicide bombings.

6.   Jordan and the Palestinians have since signed peace accords, and other Arab states have taken steps toward normalization.

7.   NATO insists the entire question moot if there is no signed peace agreement to enforce.

8.   The abductions, which happened Wednesday outside Freetown, could undermine the recently signed peace agreement that ended a bloody eight-year war in this West African country.

9.   The abductions, which happened Wednesday outside Freetown, could undermine a recently signed peace agreement that ended a bloody eight-year war in this West African country.

10.   The NATO-led troops in Kosovo have no signed peace agreement to enforce, leaving the military and the civil administration without a clear strategy.