31.   The United States has rejected the accord.

32.   If it continues to reject the accords out of hand, it could find itself marginalised and once more consigned to the opposition.

33.   In a television address reported by Interfax, Shevardnadze said rejecting the accord would mean pushing for a military solution.

34.   Interfax news agency reported that workers at four coal mines in the city of Partisansk had rejected the accord and planned to pursue the strike.

35.   But nine other states as well as the District of Columbia have rejected the accord and are pressing for tougher sanctions.

36.   But the accord was rejected by the Algerian government, which has announced instead that it will hold a presidential poll by the end of this year.

37.   But teachers in Ramallah, Bethlehem and Hebron later rejected the accord and strike leaders were returned to jail, Palestinian sources said.

38.   But the Interfax news agency reported that workers at four coal mines in the city of Partisansk had rejected the accord and planned to pursue the strike.

39.   Chechen separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev rejected the accord, saying it was signed under duress and had no legal basis.

40.   Dudayev has been quoted as saying he rejected the accord.