31.   Gore and Chernomyrdin must also decide on a summit venue.

32.   Guards will patrol around the clock near the summit venue and key government installations, with traffic movement severely restricted.

33.   He said he would make a final inspection of the summit venue on Thursday morning.

34.   He may still be restricted to a limited area around the airport and the actual summit venue.

35.   A female police officer patrolling bushland surrounding the summit venue found the family of possums battling for their lives against the python after they fell from a tree.

36.   Also imported were water-filled white plastic barricades used to cordon off the summit venue, the Aotea centre and surrounding square.

37.   But in an unprecedented meeting of minds, pro-Beijing and liberal labor unions condemned the scheme -- and held noisy protests outside the summit venue.

38.   The plane, which was not headed towards the summit venue, had a radio breakdown, the officials said.

39.   Washington officials believe a choice of summit venue is still some way off and more important issues like the agenda for the talks must take precedence for now.

40.   Security forces have cordoned off the area around the summit venue, as well as around the hotels where the European Union member state delegations will be staying.