31.   European leaders welcome European Commission resignations.

32.   European Union leaders on Thursday welcomed the end of the standoff between Iraq and the United Nations.

33.   Even though the fine was dwarfed by such sums, labor leaders welcomed the judgment.

34.   European leaders generally welcomed him, however, or at least agreed to disagree with their powerful partner.

35.   From President Boris Yeltsin to his Communist rival Gennady Zyuganov, Russian leaders welcomed the U.N.-Iraq agreement Monday as a victory of diplomacy over saber-rattling.

36.   Government, independent leaders welcome U.N. vote.

37.   In Sarajevo, Orthodox, Catholic and Jewish leaders welcomed the papal visit during a religious roundtable.

38.   Indian business leaders on Thursday welcomed a proposal by U.S. senators to exempt American farm exports to India and Pakistan from the sanctions imposed following their nuclear tests.

39.   Indigenous leaders welcomed the decision as a significant step in the strained process of reconciling black and white Australians.

40.   Israeli and Palestinian leaders welcomed the decision.