91.   It is a much changed country since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

92.   It is the first time Bagaza has been allowed to leave the country since a military prosecutor last month dropped sedition charges against him.

93.   Iran has been mediating between the two countries since a September visit by Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani.

94.   It was the first high-level meeting between the two countries since a dispute over a barren island in the Aegean Sea almost led to war in January.

95.   It was the first meeting between leaders of the two countries since the war.

96.   It will be the first top-level meeting between the two countries since relations, testy even in ordinary times, started to deteriorate rapidly in August.

97.   It was the first big boat load of refugees to cross the Adriatic from the strife-torn country since a deadly confrontation last month with the Italian navy.

98.   It was the highest level contact between the two countries since October.

99.   Its tiny military has carried out dozens of war games with the forces of these countries since then.

100.   Jagoda cited the falling number of newly unemployed people in the western half of the country since the spring.