11.   That led to the signing in July of a cease-fire accord covering all rebel-held areas in the southern Philippines.

12.   The conference has until the end of next week to approve the treaty before the planning signing in New York becomes impossible.

13.   German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer welcomed Friday the signing in Moscow of a US-Russia disarmament treaty as a step towards the elimination of nuclear weapons.

14.   He told journalists after the signing in Riyadh that the whole Saudi network would be digitalised in the largest contract of its kind outside the United States.

15.   Boeing said Thursday the signing in Paris of two major aircraft deals in favour of European firms would not alter its determination to remain dominant in China.

16.   Both Gore and Chinese Premier Li Peng witnessed the signing in the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing.

17.   Chen said the decision to hold the signing in Shanghai, rather Beijing, was taken by all five countries.

18.   Ties between South Africa and Chile have been strengthened with the signing in Cape Town of a memorandum of understanding, the Foreign Affairs Department said Monday.

19.   Late Monday, diplomats and other observers who watched the signing in a Lusaka hotel ballroom said the emotional gathering looked more of a stage-managed affair.

20.   The announcement here coincided with the signing in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince of several agreements intended to boost US investment to the Caribbean country.