91.   Negotiators had to act quickly to reach a settlement by Tuesday after which it would have been too late to stop a referendum.

92.   Negotiators have until the end of September to come up with an agreement before Washington kicks in with sanctions against Japan.

93.   Now negotiators will have to decide how the French share of the costs will be distributed among the remaining partners.

94.   Palestinian and Israeli negotiators have yet to resolve security issues in the Gaza-Jericho accord.

95.   Russian negotiators have consistently stressed Moscow will not allow Chechnya to overthrow its old constitutional status as an integral part of the Russian Federation.

96.   The negotiators have a list of eight points on which agreement must be reached, but details were not available on Wednesday.