11.   Officials said Christopher planned to study the French proposals on his flight to Europe Sunday night.

12.   Saddam has always chafed at international controls, and the French proposal maintains some significant ones.

13.   Russia is also considering a French proposal under which Russian combat troops would serve with French troops under French tactical command.

14.   That would have troubling implications for the United States and its future security planning and is good reason for Britain and Russia to reconsider the French proposal.

15.   The French proposals seem to offer a possible way.

16.   The French proposal includes monitoring of known Iraqi weapons facilities by a less aggressive inspections agency than the one now headed by Richard Butler.

17.   The French proposal, considered a non-starter by American and British diplomats, also calls for an end to economic sanctions.

18.   The French proposals are not only more modest, but also differ substantially from the Germans in how they apportion the cuts.

19.   The leaders discussed a French proposal for job creation and other social issues to be pushed higher up the agenda, Dini said.

20.   The Israelis reject the French proposals as one-sided.