21.   Union members also have yet to approve the pact.

22.   A meeting of foreign ministers is to approve the pact at a later date.

23.   According to a statement issued Saturday, the ministers stopped short of approving the pact outright.

24.   APEC usually approves pacts with consensus.

25.   Episcopalians are expected to approve the pact with the ELCA during a convention in July.

26.   Even before a final pact was approved, Majority Leader Trent Lott, a Republican, predicted Senate rejection.

27.   Even before a final pact was approved, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, a Republican, predicted Senate rejection.

28.   Findlay predicted that rank-and-file pilots would approve the pact at a meeting later Thursday.

29.   Japan took a major step toward ratifying the Kyoto Protocol for greenhouse gas cuts when the lower house of Parliament approved the pact on Tuesday.

30.   Japan took a major step toward ratifying the Kyoto Protocol for greenhouse gas cuts when the lower house of Parliament approved the pact Tuesday.