21.   Reaching a pact with teachers is seen as vital to end the protests.

22.   The five Caspian nations failed last month to reach a pact on dividing the resources to replace a treaty that expired with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

23.   The leading opposition Socialist party reached a pact with the government so that the bill could be drawn up.

24.   The pact was reached last July, on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Madrid, but was never implemented.

25.   Reports have suggested the Thai-US FTA would take a decade or more, but Adisai expressed confidence a pact could be reached before then.

26.   The militants left the mosque after reaching a pact with the authorities under which they would give up their arms but would not be taken into custody.

27.   The last-ditch pact was reached between US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor and the Japanese Minister of International Trade and Industry, Ryutaro Hashimoto, in negotiations in Geneva.