11.   His defection was seen as part of the pressure being exerted on Rabbani to resign now that his two-year mandate ended in December.

12.   Irish President Mary Robinson said in a statement Wednesday that she would not seek a second seven-year term when her current mandate ends in November.

13.   Cancer victim President Francois Mitterrand insisted Friday that he would survive until his mandate ends next May, and denied saying he would no longer be alive by then.

14.   The president has not yet announced the election date, although his mandate ends next month.

15.   Zhelev, whose mandate ends in January, was beaten by Stoyanov in primaries in June to choose a candidate to represent the UDF.

16.   We have got a mandate to politically end the war.

17.   Klein said that he discussed with Tudjman what would happen when the current UN mandate ended in July.

18.   Klein said that he discussed with Tudjman what would happen when the current mandate ended.

19.   The current mandate ends Tuesday.