21.   Those comments wrung a small concession late Wednesday.

22.   In a small concession to Britain, the court said that a right to take time off on Sundays could not be justified on health grounds.

23.   But it was a relatively small concession after Washington had called for the entire deal to be cancelled.

24.   But the agreement to cancel the military part of the contract was a relatively small concession after months of US pressure on Moscow to drop the whole deal.

25.   Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea appeared to offer nothing new, while Chile, Canada and the United States made some small concessions.