41.   In Skopje, the Macedonian parliament started discussing the blueprints of constitutional amendments at a commission meeting Monday.

42.   Iraq has always accepted responsibility for the losses and injuries and has been party to the commission meetings throughout.

43.   Members of the cricket boards of the five countries wrote to the ICC asking for the referees commission meeting to be delayed until late March.

44.   Mexico signed an agreement to impose the ban during an international whaling commission meeting Thursday in Japan and it published the decree to enforce the measure on Friday.

45.   North Korea, which does not recognize rival South Korea as a dialogue partner, since has refused to convene armistice commission meetings and has withdrawn its delegation.

46.   North Korea, which does not recognize rival South Korea as a dialogue partner, has since refused to convene armistice commission meetings and withdrawn its delegation.

47.   On Wednesday, Santer presided at his last weekly commission meeting.

48.   Rogge also said he had left the commission meeting about an hour early Sunday.

49.   Rodley said he was told that the next step would be discussions with a minister during the six-week commission meeting.

50.   Russia and Libya held a trade commission meeting this week in Moscow, the agency said.