11.   Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., a delegation member, said that he was sorry that the United States was pulling out.

12.   Senior officials even schemed about ways to stop delegation members from speaking to the media.

13.   Some delegation members have furloughed employees.

14.   The delegation members held several other meetings before and after the session with the officers.

15.   The first American delegation member to arrive in Beijing Sunday sought to hold down expectations, but he sees the trip as a vital chance to start a dialogue.

16.   The delegation members have said they will not give press conferences during their tour.

17.   Other delegation members, however, said all the ethnic Albanians had agreed to accept the plan, which grants self-rule.

18.   Other delegation members said the team would sign if the deal provides for NATO troops to enforce it.

19.   -- U.S. and North Korean nuclear negotiations appeared inconclusive amid news that three more North Korean delegation members departed the previous day for Pyongyang.

20.   A delegation member, Dusan Vasiljevic, said Sokolovic indicated the Christmas Eve march might be allowed.