11.   Aides to Bush said they expect no breakthrough agreement during the summit, scheduled to last just over two hours.

12.   Although U.S. officials played down prospects for breakthrough agreements, Putin sounded more optimistic.

13.   Alain Richard welcomed the breakthrough agreement in Baghdad that U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan signed earlier Monday with Iraqi officials.

14.   As the peace talks entered the closing stage, negotiators also were honing a breakthrough agreement reached Wednesday that would establish a governing commission of religious scholars.

15.   Five days of talks in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad brought a breakthrough agreement Thursday on the establishment of a governing commission of religious scholars.

16.   Five days of talks in Islamabad brought a breakthrough agreement last Wednesday on the establishment of a commission of religious scholars to govern Afghanistan.

17.   Five days of talks in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad brought a breakthrough agreement Wednesday on the establishment of a governing commission of religious scholars.

18.   Israel ushered in the Jewish New Year with fresh hopes for peace Sunday as it concluded a breakthrough agreement with the Palestinians on self-rule in the West Bank.

19.   Jamaica started the trend last year with its breakthrough agreement with Cable and Wireless to end its monopoly within three years.

20.   Protests started even as the breakthrough agreement emerged, to be sealed with a signing ceremony Tuesday.