1. A high-powered congressional delegation departed Wednesday after a visit in which House Speaker Newt Gingrich seemed to stir emotions more than help the deadlocked peace process. 2. Despite strong appeals to Brazilian officials, the Canadian delegation departed without securing support for a trade agreement. 3. The Canadian delegation departs on a two-week trip Sunday and will meet with company and government officials in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. 4. A Jordanian delegation departed Baghdad Tuesday after a five-day visit in which oil, trade and transport agreements were signed with Iraq. 5. A high-powered Taiwanese delegation will depart Sunday for a tour of four Southeast Asian countries to seek investment and trade opportunities, the government said Saturday. 6. A six-member South Korean delegation departed Sunday for Beijing to discuss with North Korean counterparts the reunion of millions of separated family members and other issues. 7. Charles Neff, director of the University of Alaska Anchorage American Russian Center, said delegations depart almost every week. 8. On Tuesday, the Philippine delegation will depart for Panama City. 9. Patterson said she had received sketchy reports about the bomb as the delegation departed Barrancabermeja. 10. The delegation departed Tuesday morning from Zagreb, Croatia as tensions were mounting in the wake of renewed NATO air strikes against the Bosnian Serbs. |