21.   Chernomyrdin said the two presidents will set a date for the visit after all documents on the fleet are ready.

22.   No president will.

23.   On Friday, Sysuyev went a step further, saying that the president would formally announce his reduced political role in a speech to parliament early next year.

24.   The president will speeches on Thursday in Dover and Manchester, N.H., and in Boston.

25.   U.S. President George W. Bush announced in Washington that negotiators had reached the long-sought deal, which the two presidents will sign in Russia next week.

26.   According to informed sources the presidents will discuss the role of Russia in the energy field.

27.   The president will likely come from a party not affiliated to the EPRDF.

28.   The Senegalese president will on Wednesday visit Gold Reef City, a restored gold mining village outside Johannesburg that has become a major tourist attraction.

29.   Officials here have said that bilateral talks between Jiang and Suharto will be held Friday and that the Chinese president will leaving for Vietnam Saturday.