11.   Just two days after Russian and Chechen officials signed an agreement to end the bloody Chechen war, top Kremlin officials bluntly expressed misgivings about the accord.

12.   Last March, Villahermosa officials signed an accord which called for giving the laid-off workers new jobs and compensation, including back pay and adult education.

13.   Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo will attend the final Tuesday session, when officials will sign accords on several bilateral issues.

14.   Officials also signed a letter of intent to enhance cooperation on protected areas for wildlife, plants and open space.

15.   Officials also signed agreements on a security liason system, border crossing arrangements, and tourism.

16.   Pageant officials recently signed an agreement with the Committee for Tobacco Use Prevention, providing that the pageant will be entirely smoke-free.

17.   She said state officials had signed an emergency declaration Thursday afternoon, and were going to breach the privately-owned West Pond Dam, in Gloucester.

18.   The agreement was signed by officials for the China Association for Engineering Construction Standardization and ICBO Evaluation Service Inc., a nonprofit consulting firm in Whittier.

19.   The day began in Belgrade with tearful telephone calls to family members in the United States as Jackson and Yugoslav officials signed documents authorizing their release.

20.   The officials also signed cooperative agreements to work on housing, regional, urban and social development.