21.   Kanther said negotiators in Hanoi have initialed an agreement in which Vietnam promises to take back migrants living illegally in Germany.

22.   Officials from Toyama Prefecture and the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok initialed an agreement Thursday to establish a direct air link over the Sea of Japan in April.

23.   Officials had hoped they could conclude talks and initial the agreement Friday, but did not succeed in resolving the remaining disputes before the onset of the Jewish sabbath.

24.   Officials had hoped to conclude talks and initial the agreement Friday, but did not succeed in resolving the remaining disputes before the onset of the Jewish sabbath.

25.   Representatives from China, North Korea, Mongolia, South Korea and Russia initialled three agreements governing future cooperation in developing the area.

26.   So, U.S. mediator Dennis Ross wound up initialing the agreement.

27.   The agreement was initialed by delegates from the three countries after low-key meetings in Oslo this week.

28.   The agreement was initialed Sunday in the Egyptian resort at Taba after weeks of marathon talks between Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.

29.   Tawil and his Kuwaiti counterpart Bader Abdul Rahim initialed the agreement on Tuesday.

30.   The airline initialled an agreement earlier this year to begin flights to Bahrain, also in the Persian Gulf.