101.   Lukashenko has blamed the parliament, which failed to ratify the accord, for the original breakdown of the compromise deal.

102.   NATO was expected to ratify the accord Friday afternoon.

103.   Monday, the pro-Islamic Welfare Party, tipped by many to win the Turkish polls, had called upon the European Parliament not to ratify the accord.

104.   Once the accord is ratified, it will take a few days for CAW members to return to work.

105.   Parliament resumed debate on ratifying the accord, which has already been endorsed by the legislatures of the two republics.

106.   Speaking after talks with his Turkish counterpart Deniz Baykal, Spanish Foreign Minister Javier Solana said Madrid and the other EU governments were in favor of ratifying the accord.

107.   Slovenia has been granted associate membership of the European Union, but its parliament has yet to ratify the accord.

108.   That prompted deputies to refuse to ratify the accord which had been thrashed out in all-night talks in Minsk mediated by Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin.

109.   The accord was never ratified by Iraq.

110.   The accord was ratified by the parliaments of the two countries, and approved by the UN Security council.