21.   The state delegations all have a direct view of at least the giant screens behind the podium speakers.

22.   These fights are not always regionally based, which is why the Southern California delegation has had such a tough time coalescing behind any bailout effort.

23.   Unlike the delegation that represented the state at the Republican National Convention in San Diego earlier this month, the Democratic delegation has a distinctly Northern California flavor.

24.   With native son Al Gore as vice president, the Tennessee delegation has the second best position on the convention floor in Chicago.

25.   A Cuban delegation will have observer status at the meeting, Insanally said.

26.   After touring the camp, the delegation had lunch with the troops.

27.   All the delegations had dinner together, repeating what has become a custom of communal meals taken at three long wooden tables in a Camp David cabin.

28.   At that point delegations will have to choose where to put the permanent secretariat.

29.   Both Chinese and British delegations had new team leaders.

30.   Delegations will each have seven minutes to voice their views on the future of the Islamic world.