21.   President Bush rejected the pact in March, calling it flawed and harmful to the U.S. economy.

22.   Rank and file members of the confederation ousted their leaders Monday night and rejected a pact they reached last week with management and government officials to allow layoffs.

23.   Syria rejected the pact and criticized Arafat for signing it.

24.   The appeals court also disqualified the previous jurist, Judge Stanley Sporkin, saying he had exceeded his authority in rejecting the pact earlier in February.

25.   The current judge on the case, Judge Thomas Miano, rejected the pact as illegal.

26.   The U.S. president last year rejected the pact, saying it would hurt the U.S. economy.

27.   The United States, though it has rejected the pact, was participating in the negotiations to ensure U.S. interests are not threatened.

28.   Zeroual rejected the pact, saying it was part of a foreign plot hatched on foreign soil.

29.   An earlier pact was rejected, primarily because it required worker contributions to health care insurance.

30.   The RCD and Rwanda have both rejected the pact, leading to fears that the country could be plunged back into all-out war.