31.   The autonomy agreement was initialed by the two sides last weekend.

32.   The agreement was initialed by finance ministry officials from both countries in the presence of State Minister for Finance Fuad Saniora.

33.   The agreement was initialed in Tashkent, the capital, with U.S. ambassador John Herbst on Monday.

34.   The government of Angola and U.S.-backed guerrillas initialed agreements ending their civil war.

35.   The interim agreement was initialed in December, but signing was delayed by the EU since January in the wake of the Chechen crisis.

36.   The Islamic Development Bank said in a statement that the transfer agreement was initialed by the bank and Mustafa Hashim Deeb, the Palestinian Authority representative in Saudi Arabia.

37.   The loan agreement was initialed Monday by U.S. Ambassador Richard Jones and Agriculture Minister Shawki Fakhoury.

38.   The peace agreement was initialed Friday in Jakarta, Indonesia, and is to be formally signed in Manila Monday by President Fidel Ramos and rebel leader Nur Misuari.

39.   The Security Council is ready to consider suspending the U.N. economic embargo against Yugoslavia if a peace agreement is initialed, a U.S. diplomat said Monday.

40.   The two sides initialled an agreement last Friday to return old diplomatic properties.