41.   The accord came at a meeting between Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono and visiting US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, the Kyodo News Service said.

42.   The accord came only a few hours after the national assembly unanimously voted to amnesty those involved in the coup.

43.   The accord came under fire following the rape case as it had prevented the Japanese authorities from detaining the suspects until they were formally charged in late October.

44.   The accord has came under scrutiny because it prevented the Japanese authorities from detaining the three rape suspects until they were formally charged on Friday.

45.   The basic accord came at a one-day meeting of senior officials in Tokyo.

46.   The accord came amid a diplomatic push by the United States, which has sent Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke to the Balkans.

47.   The accord came hours after the coalition reached agreement on deploying the costly new FSX fighter, jointly developed with the United States, under the defense plan.

48.   The blocked sum is part of taxes collected from Palestinians by the Israeli military administration in the occupied territories before the autonomy accord came into effect in May.

49.   The compromise accord came after protracted bargaining and still has to be formally approved.

50.   The cooperation accord comes in the wake of repeated demands by the Electronics Industry Ministry for Chinese firms to streghten their competitive edge through cooperation.