21.   Ireland proposes compromise on whaling dispute.

22.   President Alexander Lukashenko proposed a compromise in his bitter fight with parliament over a nationwide referendum on expanding presidential powers.

23.   The Cabinet proposed the compromise Thursday in hopes of heading off a disagreement that threatened to delay passage of the budget.

24.   The compromise was proposed mainly because Norway and Japan continue to hunt whales under exceptions to the IWC ban.

25.   The compromise was proposed by Municipal Judge Eitan Shaanan.

26.   The compromise will be proposed this week in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, which will hold hearings Tuesday on a bill submitted in the state Legislature this week.

27.   The Russian government proposed a compromise Tuesday that might allow a plane loaded with humanitarian aid to take off for Iraq on a flight organized by ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

28.   The president has so far stood firm, and said Sunday that Raduyev and two other opposition figures had proposed a compromise.

29.   The two governments hope to cut a deal with the largest Protestant party, the Ulster Unionists, who said they had proposed a compromise.

30.   Hajric said his government was proposing a compromise similar to that which enabled the Serbs to be invited to a donors conference in Brussels in April.